And getting all of the details to come together in a harmonious way is super time consuming. 

The lawsuits for wrongful death, civil liabilities and other media attention will consume most of your waking hours for a couple of years if it was proven you failed to maintain the property and contributed to the death of one or more individuals.It won't matter if you have great insurance, an LLC or whatever asset protection plan the latest guru sold you.

It's simply not worth it to them because it's too expensive and time consuming to maintain.It's best to get RE investment knowledge from investor-focused sources, like BiggerPockets forums, blogs, YouTube channel, etc. 

(Like all of you) I just wanted to get on here and say thanks to everyone that is putting information out for the rest of us to consume.

After you write these pointers down, you can start thinking about the next phases:Content Amalgation (consume all the content you can about real estate)Determine your real estate investing strategyThen make the investment decision I say all this because we shouldn't just do what everybody else is doing (buying a single family home) and expect a different outcome (expect to make a fantastic profit that would allow us to quit our day jobs).

I think Ari makes a good point.Matt, I think the new rules force people to take 3 college classes now which can be time consuming and expensive.

Please don't waste money on LegalZoom when you can get the same form here, and are more likely going to have a better result:  https://mn.gov/commerce/consumers/tips-tools/unifo...

I think the HOA fees consume a lot of the cash flow.

I only spend whatever it cost to be on BP  :)  I know I am not the average consumer.. but I would not even for a minute consider doing business with anyone on Facebook or and I don't have tweeting or any of the other stuff.. to anonymous and to many social scammers.. not worth it to me..  

Hello, I am recently getting more active on BP, have been consuming the podcast every time I get on the road.