It takes a well funded company to be able to do this along with lots of expertise.

It's not easy & yes it really does take a lot more expertise & education in a competitive environment.

If you're getting into lending activities or causing you partner/friend to do so, more expertise may well be required.But, usually, new folks are not really doing or need complex strategies, they may seem to be but probably standard stuff will do.

As we see it, we feel we have the following options and would love everyone's thoughts and expertise.#1 - Traditional - Now vs. next Spring/SummerSell our property now (summer), move into a rental, purchase our next property in the 'off-season', Oct-Nov.

You can take the expertise you are explaining in your blog and make an ebook out of that.

We're also interested in multi-family, which seems to be his expertise.

Not so much specialty or SME’s (subject matter experts) more diversified in area of expertise (e.g.: rentals, multifamily, flips, etc) some seem to have a knack for it all, a jack of all trades, where is where I like to be in Engineering and REI carreers.

We welcome your expertise as well.

But I'd appreciate input from some of you that have more experience and expertise to confirm my belief.Thx,-jim

"Difficult" is going to depend on a lot of things -- your goals, your expertise, your experience, your support team, your approach, etc.For some (like me), landlording is more difficult than flipping.