In term of reward, I know the reward of mortgage note, but for tax lien it's kind like semi gambling.

In today's Wall St Journal- Fortune Favors Early Movers in America’s Property CrunchInvestors willing to buy buildings when everyone else is running scared typically get the biggest rewards.

@Ben OmoniraIf done carefully, house hacking in the Houston region may be a rewarding financial decision.

There's reward in distress, but if you don't have the time $$ or energy for that, then looking via a RE agent for MLS properties that only need $10k worth of rehab is the way to go! 

It's a thrilling and rewarding world, but it can also be overwhelming for newcomers.

Correct this is a very niche industry that is high risk high reward. 

I think anyone that is real estate would agree with me that nothing is passive in real estate - it's just a lot of work does not matter what niche you are in but the reward is there.

Absolutely not because the reward if it did become successful was worth the risk.Remember what Michael Jordan said in one of the Nike commercials?"

As such if you can get in early, and gentrification happens, you’ll be rewarded for the risk you took.

It's rewarding and encouraging to see an experiment like this pass it's first test.