Generally, a fund is less risky than a single asset investment, and that may offset the management fees charged to manage the fund.

I am also willing to risk my 10 grand that I will need to do this, even though the risk is minimal, as long as I have money coming in from property, I am not worried.

Another possibility is that investors rush to get out before the tax becomes effective and this wave of selling depresses prices enough to create attractive opportunities.One of the things that makes buying for pure appreciation so risky is that the future is unknowable and just because things have been going up doesn't mean they will continue to.

I saw this one time where the buyer had to pay a 15,000 deposit to the city because the city did water, sewer, and trash and saw the out of town investor as more risky than the local owners who had it before.The key to all of this is to cover as many bases as possible before you buy.

There are a lot of factors that play into that but it basically comes down to how risky their particular book of business is.

But I never really "lived" there so I'm not too familiar with the neighborhoods of the city and what the less risky ones would be to invest in.

For in my mind if you can't hit seven figures its far to risky in the first place..

I've spent the past few month doing some research on Real Estate, and property investments, and have concluded that Wholesaling (at this point) is the easiest/ less risky way of raising finance before making an investment.My first question is: Is wholesaling an option in the UK or are the laws different from the US?

It is too risky for him.

I would say that between Frankford Ave and Kensington Ave might be a bit too risky particularly if you are an out of state investor.