Savvy investors, with great work ethic and long running track records, will probably fair better with leverage than "Jane and Jon" married couple going in on a thought that real estate is going to somehow be their answer.

KC metro market worked out well, luck on the timing and a work ethic that  said never quit!

Not much has been said about how difficult it can be to find that fair, ethical, quality tradesman , PM, agent, attorney, accountant etc that will do things right.

Here, the easy step is getting a Subject To under contract, the hard part is doing it legally, ethically, and responsibly.

I just reported an eXp agent for violating code of ethics and conduct.

Unfortunately, some people's ethical behavior gets even worse when the market is hot.

You don't need a Real Estate license to raise capital, but you do need education on how to do that legally, ethically and properly.

The TAR Code of Ethics take it a step further in regards to disclosing your true position when acquiring ownership interest in a property or presenting offers.

It can be used in a negative or positive way, but hopefully the person using it isn't taking advantage of someone else and using an ethical & immoral way.  

Any ideas that you could ethically swipe?