I think the biggest thing is find a lender then find the properties that way when you find that next deal you are not spinning your wheels to find financing.

My biggest concern is that by the time I have 20% down for an $800k multi-family, it will be a $1.2M multi-family.

What are your biggest frustrations when it comes to the real estate investing process?

What are your biggest frustrations when it comes to the real estate investing process?

Same goes for MLS deals that require quick action with no time to visit property...what is the biggest factor you look for or do you have buyers already you already know who will want the property based on neighborhood, price, sq ft, etc

As you've learned, they have zero incentive to do work after closing.

In my opinion skin in the game is key because you've got to give your tenants an incentive to be good and take care of your property.

I got started a few months back and by no means am I experienced, but I can tell you networking has made the biggest impact as far as my success.

@Billy Bob I think the biggest thing to minimize your concerns is to track each of the payments you made either with cancelled checks or copies of your checks from your online banking site.

The biggest issue is getting money.