I'm a new investor and am trying to avoid wasting any of my capital on title services until I'm sure about the deal.

I intentionally avoid investing in any multi unit that does not have all separate utilities.

I was hoping to avoid the $800 fees every year.

Typically they want 20% down to avoid PMI and have a rate around 5%.

I wanted to hear some stories of challenges people have faced who have already invested out of state or out of the country before so I can know what to avoid, what to look out for, and where to focus my energy.I am investing in mainly single-family homes and small multifamily (2plex-6plex) homes with long term tenants.Cheers!

The only downside to this whole situation is now you have to send a different contractor to work on her unit to avoid a potential confrontation which sort of stinks considering you have a 15 year history with the contractor.

My initial hope was to invest in Canada to avoid complicated tax scenarios, but I know members of the BP community have had good success with cross border investing as long as it's structured correctly.I'm looking to work at least 1 more year overseas, but I'd like to start transitioning into investing over the next 12 months if possible to do so from abroad.I'm really excited to enter into this exciting industry, and hopefully work with some of the great real estate minds here on BP!

Trying to avoid neighborhoods that would require me to hire security for a property, but I don't mind taking some risk.

Generally speaking, I would avoid anything with additions, properties that have been converted (like SF to MF, or duplex to triplex), or anything weird. 

So, I am not sure what is the "wrong" part - or what to avoid?