Due to the nature of the collateral being investment properties, you can expect that things will be pretty vanilla for these type of products.

Also because of the nature of the market it can be tough to work with agents if you are trying to get elite level return, because you (reasonably) become a very difficult client compared to someone willing to scoop up some 8-9% gross return resort turnkey cabins with cash.But this describes me - I just did 10% down on my first purchase in the area with a high bar for ROI expectations and am now looking for my second purchase.

It is rough in the center of beauty

Also, regulations like rent control and eviction restrictions may prevent you from raising the rent fast enough to keep pace with inflation or removing non-paying tenants.Low probability of natural disaster - I regularly see pictures of communities devastated by tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, etc.

Tenants lying use to be a pet peeve of mine, it is human nature for most people to lie when they are in the wrong, so I adopted the policy of never listening to tenants excuses.

Because of the nature of my work, sometimes my deployments are short notice.

Shows you the ropes of the business, gets you familiar with different neighborhoods and things of that nature. 

Works beautifully.  

Our yards are beautiful.

The one I'm watching now even has a meth head dead-beat husband that left the purple-haired wife for her niece, and naturally the daughter is a pregnant teenager...Can't... stop... watching... so horrible...