As an agent, I grew very tired of trying to find a broker that didn't disallow something - or several somethings, such as:A lot of brokers in Ohio don't permit property management - not that I want to be in that field, but occasionally something would come up where it was warranted (and worthy of my time), but alas, I had to refer the business elsewhere.I won't even get into the wholesale/assignment of contract topic - I was with another broker for a long time (also an investor) who allowed it, because he understood it.

Occasionally, you may lose some money, but if you know your business, this will be infrequent.

We've never experienced any damage, maybe occasionally a broken key or something odd but this is rare.  

Purchased a second home and took a chance trying to rent it occasionally as a VR.  

Banks do occasionally foreclose on Subject-To deals.

While we occasionally have to go down the eviction path with extremely delinquent or disruptive tenants immediately after Close, our process of re-lignment and issuing of new leases typically addresses the problematic group.

I primarily look for homes within top rated school districts in neighborhoods that are at least 30 years old, and I actually prefer neighborhoods that are within or near a historic district.I have over 20 years of project management and 3rd party inspection experience so when I grew frustrated with contractors I decided to take matters into my own hands and started my own remodeling company mainly for my investments, but I also occasionally take on projects for others.

Apparently the guy in the unit above was a druggie and passed away recently from an overdose and nobody was living in the property above even though the druggie owned the unit.The druggie was married but the wife was not listed on title or mortgage and just coming occasionally to check on the unit.

If you are utilizing the auction route primarily, unless for the occasional deals which are increasingly rare, I have always thought that properties at auctions, sell close to or at market value and may not be a viable channel for finding deals.

I am looking to build a rental portfolio but I believe that if I keep my pipeline full of leads by my own marketing efforts, I can hold some, wholesale the rest and rehab the occasional great deal.