Like many urban planners at the time, Mendelsohn thought major cities like Los Angeles were overcrowded, polluted and dangerous.

Being invested only in rental property for cash flow can be a dangerous strategy if markets turn and rents fall.

Any lender who doesn't require some of your money in a project is playing a dangerous game with the odds heavily stacked against them.  

Never invest in any city on Neighborhood Scouts' list of the 100 most dangerous US cities - https://www.neighborhoodscout....Low operating costs - High operating costs can turn what appears to be a profitable property into a money pit.

If you want to stay away from dangerous cooking methods, throw away your grill...  :-)   (that was mostly a joke, but factually true)

This is one of the dangers of being an agent.

New "investors" (actually most all are real estate operators, not investors) take a very casual approach trying to deal in an industry that is pretty well regulated and getting into  financing matters with a cavalier approach is just plain dangerous.

I don't think locals would characterize it as a dangerous place to invest or live.  

This one might fit a house cat.Thanks Mike, we're pretty happy with the results...costs definitely crept up on us and we had a few cases of the "while we're at its", which can be really dangerous to a rehab budget!

Take away our ability to manage material logistics, and we get dangerously close to a full system breakdown.So the problem is - One: The investor wants to manage a process which I would call an integral part of our core competency. (99/100 times, he will not be very good at it... and certainly will not ever be as good at it as we are)Therefore - I am less profitable because I'm not supplying the materials, AND because I'm losing control over a major critical path process.