During this 10 day period, you can buy directly from the banks with a pre-approval letter and proof of funds.

Rental property: Worth around 500K; About 250K loan at low interest rate.

Therefore, even if I obtain a good value for the surface yield, it's possible that the Net Yield is unexpectedly low due to unexpected expenses.In Japan, the ideal yield varies depending on whether the property is new or used, the bank's interest rate at the time, and the real estate market conditions, but if the real yield on any property is 10% or more, the property is reasonably profitable and the cash flow is sufficient in many cases.

If you are prepared for that and have the funds to do repairs and renos to get them to market value, then try it. 

Physical assets are a different animal.If you're not really familiar with equities, but you want to exposure to gain something that'll appreciate in value then sure go spread yourself around and buy a lot of funds, stocks, and make sure you aren't allocating more than 3% or 5% or whatever dumb allocation folks have anywhere. 

If you are looking for funds to make infrastructure improvements you could try the SBA and/or do some research for any State financial assistance. 

Buildium does a decent job of this and has a low minimum price. 

I could end up with a low interest rate for every property I acquire.

Rather happily so I might add.While you may not use the specific sentence "I am a Guru" Ken, you speak to and rather clearly work to convey that messaging to persons while at the same time CLEARLY have exceptionally low comprehension of a great majority of fundamentals and factors of real estate investment.

I would want to know the buyer's source of funds for the down payment and proof of some reserves for repairs.