My main goal is to start with SFRs but wouldn't be against multifamily as well.After looking around I have decided to invest globally in order to have the advantages of having a worldwide portfolio (that is less fragile to local market crashes), and because the ROI in Israel isn't that investor friendly.

This gives us creative ways of offering funding opportunities for projects worldwide.

Assume that a 50 unit building will have a property manager and maybe on-site staff.

Hence you need to Do Your Own Research (DYOR) when investing some of these deals.As a general rule the folks with the world wide financing or the nationwide property portfolios are Internet junkies who do not know how to do a deal.

I did manage a handful of properties that I would not enter without carrying a .38, but we also carried commercial two-way FM radios which added to our sense of security, as maintenance and other staff were always alerted to where I was, and what I was observing.Crackheads are unpredictable, and can be very strong, so if this is an issue in your area, beware.

That's where I'm extremely tempted to change up to a company that can keep control of their staff better.

I was just having a conversation with someone and was telling them that even though I have a full time PM and maintenance staff, I still spend about 20+ hours a week working on it.  

I promise you there will be someone else out there that will take my money without this information.I know the information because I am currently an active duty Staff Sergeant in the US Army.

Shortly after the adoption of Regulation D, the SEC staff made clear that the existence of a pre-existing, substantive relationship negated that an investor was attracted through general solicitation. 

Because most Mortgage Brokers had no idea how to structure the origination, several members of our staff were pretty busy educating and training Mortgage Brokers how to structure the transactions, and how to handle the additional compliance issues they faced when doing so.