You could be the greatest landlord in the world in mind and action, but if you don’t have the equipment, or the education, or the money to invest in the proper tools to make you successful, then you will never make it in this business.It takes my breath away to read the stuff online by new investors.

I think we could all do a deep dive on one exceptional RE deal and say how that beats the DOW.

Thanks @Jim Goebel, Thanks @Alina Trigub,It's comforting to know that it's not just my deep seated trust issues.

(my money is on aliens)Take a deep breath, enjoy living in the most prosperous country on the planet and get some fresh air. 

my background: studies: Bachelor (Architecture) / Masters (Management)  working experience: urban planning  / currently: construction management  My job offers me: get to know the local contractors / some investors / deep know-how of construction / good salaryMy goal for the future: fix and flip / buy to rent on a private investor / JV basis / in Europe - maybe US later My research on RICS: Should provide me a better (international) network with all RE related professionals. 

Sure there are altruistic people out there with deep pockets, but that's a pretty big ask. 

You DO NOT want to miss the deep dive where Michael shares how he and his partners made $10M in profit using a combination of BRRRR, syndication techniques, private money, and prudent decision-making.

@Adonna Pruette & we turned a closet into a half bath.On another we turned a deep useless closet & adjoining mudroom into a new kitchen.

Long story short the buyer’s property sold for list price, the buyer didn’t even see my offer because of his smug agent and too boot the sellers agent just happened to have a buyer of his own (Double commission for the sellers agent)TL:DR the sellers lost an offer with a guy with deep pockets willing to go almost $80k over ask because of his smug, and maybe a little racist, agent (mind you this property would still cashflow at my inflated offer price.)

depends on your risk tolaerance.. we never went deep on title.. and it bit us once with a mortgage that was released but wells fargo sued us saying it was done inadvertanly so it was a problem we had to deal with.. lawyer fee's etc.. i think we only lost 20k or so but that is on one deal when 100s went fine.. so to me just cost of doing busienss if you have one bummer.but if its the majority of your liquidity I could see you wanting to be careful.. and frankly for most they should not risk foreclosures at all.. first off the deals simply are not that great anymore..