One block can perform very well, and another block will destroy you.Before you invest, I recommend you locate a quality PM that can help you narrow down markets, determine which rentals perform best, cross-check sales prices and rent rates, and take over management right away.The biggest mistake you could make is to get talked into buying in the wrong neighborhood and then learning that the good managers won't touch it. 

@Kale Mullikin Placing too great of an emphasis on completing the BRRRR strategy is one of the biggest mistakes new investors make.

The biggest issue is cost.

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Maybe I was lucky that I have started investing before information became ubiquitous on the internet.The biggest fear (being cash flow negative) is not even a real threat, because it is manageable and it will fix itself over time.

Figure out where your strengths lie and focus on that.After doing this for two decades, the biggest takeaway is to stay consistent, build relationships, and always be prepared to pivot.

(I’m sure it’s very similar to BP too, but I don’t know for sure.)LIVE, weekly Zooms, trainings and calls, across all the different groups/avatarsZooms about all sorts of helpful things:Estate Planning (Trusts) and other entitiesAcquisitions, UnderwritingAgent Outreach, FlippingPersonal Development (finding your avatar = what you’re really good at and what excites you)Creative Financing Strategies, Handling Objections, Disposition (Dispo), Exit Strategies, Seller Calls, Land Deals, Rentals,Multi-Family, Pre-Foreclosure, Raising Private CapitalI COULD GO ON AND ON – there are literally thousands of videos and saved Zooms in the VaultThis was and still is, the biggest surprise to me.

The biggest lesson I learned is that there is nor time like the present.

You an use this if you are either looking to invest passively, or, if you are raising capital, refer back to it, and focus on these three pillars:The biggest mistake I see passive investors make is they focus on the deal, what's my return, when in reality, that is the last pillar they need to focus on.

If you actually did this, you'd have an obvious answer for your question about financing down payments.This is your post from 9 months ago:My goal is I want to buy 200 properties in 5 years(separate business plan) and build even bigger after until I have the biggest real estate empire.