It gets old real fast chasing down rent payments.

Nice to see a fellow IT industry professional chasing their real estate goals.

Listing agent should be able to provide this information BEFORE you sign the contract, or before you order an appraisal, often this doesn't happen as buyer feels they are under the gun to chase this deal.

As real estate andstock index is derivative of M2 supply, the difference between those two are that with stock index, price discovery is very efficient as everyone is chasing the same stock, with real estate, there's no price efficiency as price is widely differs from one house to another even in the same block (thus creating opportunity). in other word, only real estate is rock solid investment. 

If I really know the person and clearly understand they are a get rich, MLM chasing type who bounces to each fad and quits within a month, I say they shouldnt bother.

let me know if you concurthe company that is the subject of this had the securities stuff in place.. they just botched the payoffs.. and of course if you look at the time lines it was deep in the GFC were all of us had issues.. myself included :(  IE borrowers defaulting on us .. and having to chase the collateral. 

You can still get creative, but you won't need to spend years chasing that one elusive no money down deal you may be over-paying for anyway.

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.

I look forward to becoming active on BG and meeting tons of new people, and continuing to learn and chase after my dream.

Repairs, chasing down rent payments, damaged properties after a move out, expensive improvements (HVAC, Roof).