Often enough, a borrower will file bankruptcy up to the day of a foreclosure sale we perform for lenders, and so we assist clients in representing them in federal bankruptcy court to lift the automatic stay - allowing us to continue with the foreclosure.For evictions, REIs will typically do it themselves or hire a service because it is cheaper. 

One bad apple ruins it for the rest of honest and hardworking property managers/investors. 

the main drain clog , filter clog , solid hole full, lift station pump broke . any of these issue will cause the back up. 

Yes $40 is a lot but its also a very good way to weed out bad apples.

You telling me you will be paying 10% of your cash flow to a company and the company did not lift a single finger for that month.

we did all the heavy lifting no work at all for the investor.. and the returns were very consistent.. and if there was a problem us as the broker jumped in and fixed it for our client.. you can find people like this in your market NO doubt..so my point is why would you risk partner with someone on the internet to buy a note and give them half of your returns.. that I simply don't get.. as an alternative you can go with some funds that are out there  PPR  Mike Hartzog  Ed Malaki they all have funds. that you can join in ready for prime time companies.. 

If you do not have enough money in your IRA to by a share of Apple stock, your IRA does not buy Apple stock. 

I could buy a fully occupied quad in my area that makes 2,000 month cashflow for under a 100k today . we have to take into account this is NEW construction.. not old construction that is selling for 25 to 30% of replacement value apples and oranges.some markets like texas you can still build pretty cheap  in the 60 to 70 bucks a foot range maybe for rental grade.we are hitting 100 to 110 in pdx and 120 to 130 a foot in for really nice in Charleston.so if this quad is about 4k sq ft with 4 kitchens  8 baths I can see just build cost being close to 400k for something new.. 

Just heard on NPR interviewing Ali Velshia) Surplus of apartments in NYCb) Pullback of foreign investorsc) 5% price decline avg sales price, 17% decline in salesd) Increase in inventory discuss?http://www.wbur.org/her...

As for how hard it is.. that goes without saying there is nothing tougher in the real estate game than this.. simply because you need to be proficient in all aspects  of the transaction.. so I guess you just have to decide which slice of the apple you want and how much capital you have to throw at it .. how much time you have and your sales and closings skills.. which again listening to the guys in the room these were no wallflowers..