Additionally, you'll be doing those upgrades anyway if you have turn over to contend with.  

And if you pull on the equity string of an existing home, it drags the passive income down because you'll have a higher mortgage to contend with.Definitely areas of struggle I'm working though

Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Oregon being the main contenders.

One issue that they have to contend with is verifying the buyer has at their own 25% down payment in to the transaction and an investment property typically limits the seller contribution to 2%.

I would contend the risk - not to mention annual costs to hold - are less than that of mutual funds.While there are many different ways to invest in real estate and you will need to identify those which appeal to you, if one seeks out buy-and-hold rental properties with a focus on maximizing cash-flow, then you care little about a down-turn in the housing market as you are not banking on the appreciation of your properties.  

There are lots of folks running around the country telling others how easy this real estate business is - they fail to give details of the mistakes that can be made and negative issues to contend with.Capturing equity is a tricky business - it is NOT EASY - there are so many moving parts.

The father has unpaid child support and back taxes to contend with.The son hasn't submitted the deed to the clerk or courts to be processed because he is afraid that he would be liable for those taxes or child support (if there are any liens) if he did so.

I contend that if anything's going to be assumed then the assumption should be NET, and GROSS the outlier.

Otherwise I would have to rip out the entire unit down to it's bare walls, including complete removal of the extra bathroom.So aside from issues of land building ratio, installing sprinklers, you have these other issues to contend with.

My Realtor always reviews the buyers with me so we pick a strong contender... especially if multiple offers are offered.