Actually, your job is your biggest asset in terms of ability to acquire loans.

Water is the biggest enemy.If you are paying water bills, I would triple check for leaks as others have mentioned.If the tenants pay the bills, I would have the water bill go to you so you can make sure the previous bill was paid and forward the bill to the tenant so they can pay it.

My biggest problem has allways been coming up with the 20% down to buy.

Look at what your median price is for your area and then target those homes at or below that number to have the biggest pool of investors to sell to if you are wholesaling, or to rent to if you will be a buy and hold landlord.Sharon

That aside, your biggest problem is the lack of cash flow.

You have the same philosophy As Buffett, the biggest risk is ignorance about how to do the investment, not the investment itself.

Yeah, we have the right, but Jax is the biggest small town in America, word gets around if you are a douche!

However my biggest deal is a joint venture on a handshake.

It sounds like one of the biggest areas someone new to wholesaling can make mistakes in and be in a losing situation is wrongfully evaluating the ARV of a property they put on contract.Clearly with time and practice it will be easier to be able to valuate a property and know what the ARV is.

Biggest increase is for 3+ bedrooms where I am realizing about a 7-10% uptick in rent in the last 12-18 months.