This will only be my third time buying a property, so I want to be realistic with my expectations - I’ve had friends tell me they feel it’s laziness for him to not go physically see the properties, but I also understand how fast things are flying off the market.

As long as there is no physical damage the animals are doing I would just increase rent to at least market if not a bit over to cover your risks.

Equity loans on land are tough to come by and typically only would lend 50% +/- Ask your local lender/credit union would be the best bet

My dad still works full time, so I have been managing all of this, with a lot of the physical work being done by myself and my buddy, who is a realtor and has been helping since the very first flip we ever did in 2016.

As of this writing, the S&P 500 was down a little over 17% year to date, and in the same period, my passive investments have been kicking off 5-7% monthly distributions, one of my passive investments went full cycle in just 14 months producing 80% returns, and I sold my long-term rentals that produced about 20% returns annualized over the past 2-3 years.Bottom line: I’m very glad that I invested heavily over the past 10+ years in the real estate space, and I believe that everyone should have at least a portion of their net worth in the hard, physical assets like real estate.I’m not suggesting that everyone should have over 50% of their net worth tied up in real estate investments like my wife and I, but real estate investments can and should part of your diversification strategy to make sure 100% of your investments are not subject to the volatility of the stock market.I’ve recently started tracking my investment allocations across the following categories: stock market in retirement accounts, personal residence real estate, passive real estate investments, cash and autos (anything with an engine – Yes, that’s a Dave Ramsey’ism).

If you feel that you can succeed if you follow your plan, but you are procrastinating, I suggest working under someone like a different whole seller, and you job is to get deals, I bet you will start making deals happen because there is a boss on top of you that expects results, then after a few deals you can go and do it on your own, since you did it a few times (This is what I would have done in this situation) good luck.

As far as qualifying for the loan, your best bet is to talk to your lender and see what they need from you to get you approved. 

All of these don't require me to physically chase rent and create an electronic record of the transaction, and attempts to collect, in the event there is a dispute or eviction lawsuit. 

Thanks,,,, Nathan, confused about contacting investors directly by driving for dollars, are you saying to work with them to find them distressed properties, please clarify I am confused with what you are trying to tell me Broadly, and everyone has their own definition, driving for dollars is when you physically search for homes that are in your target range, find the owners of them, and try to negotiate off market deals.

There are a TON of properties in Nassau Bay (very south Houston) that were flooded in Hurricane Harvey, and were repaired (with Federal funding) by physically lifting up the entire house and creating a new story for the house on the bottom of the house.