Generally, the biggest challenge is a lack of quality comparable properties.

It's a bit challenging bc this property is rather unusual for the area, there are many similar properties.

This type of service is best when the investments will be singular and static in nature, and when there is not a high need for legal guidance.Self Directed Plan Facilitators are a different type of service that establish plans providing checkbook control. 

getting the deals is the challenge, once you get a house under contract then it's just connecting the right people.   

Despite tight housing inventory, rising interest rates, and affordability challenges, Austin posted double-digit increases in both single-family home sales (up 13.5% YOY) and sales dollar volume (up 19.8% YOY).

SC law does not dictate that I use Certified Mail, but considering his disagreeable nature, I feel it is best practice to protect myself by returning his deposit in this way (or similarly) with proof of mailing date and proof of delivery. 

Brooklyn seems like more of a working-class neighborhood with more families, so a one bedroom naturally appeals to a smaller market there. 

I have been connecting with deal finders and property managers initially, naturally progressing to lenders and contractors next.I have come across a property manager that I like, and this PM also is an agent.

The challenge for me is that - in the short term, at least - I wanted to use the license primarily for my benefit, and not necessarily as a "job". 

The basic acts of screening tenants, signing leases, paying the bills and receiving the rents are administrative in nature, and if in a modest amount would not likely be viewed as providing services.