The main market factors are supply/demand, property tax rates, insurance rates, property values, and other local economic factors.Some others are, what is your risk tolerance?

That way you learn the ropes, get experience, get to network, put some successful deals under your belt and you risk very little.You should be working on your credit and debt to income, and you should always be learning more but you should be doing all of these things in addition to building your real estate career, not instead of building your real estate career.Work hard on all tracks of your life and you will succeed, not just some tracks.I hope this helps and good luck :)

There is a lot of risks because you don't know how to evaluate a deal, how to negotiate a good price, how to estimate repairs, etc.

So use at your own risk IMO.

Financing is super cheap right now and the ROI from leverage is really good right now.I understand being debt free on your personal property but maybe you might want to look further into the pros and cons of being mortgage free on all of your properties.Of course, it al depends on your risk tolerance and investment goals.Good luck

It never made sense to me to go after a deal where the margins are that tight - seems like high risk / low reward... nice to get some reaffirmation.

You are not sharing the same risks, so you should not have the same ownership.

It was so serious that there was a risk of him losing the house.

GP manages and assumes 100% liability while LP(s) only risk initial capitol and are not involved in day-to-day operation.

What might be insured is between the insurance carrier and the lender.Considerations are vast, the local economy, the project, management, financials, timing of the project to completion, basically all areas that a lender will consider.As to sub-prime, never heard of it, as coverage is generally afforded to strong borrowers, developers that are entering a project at a higher LTV initially and the LTV is reduced as a project comes to completion, the initial risk.Apartments or properties held long term can be insured but again usually to cover the LTV risk, that is risk enough and to add sub-prime credit, management, or low debt coverage issues really isn't an insurable risk.