I also love to hear Didier recognized our unique ability to go up to 95% of the value of the home!

That hasn't stopped a lot of people from jumping in a being successful but you need to recognize the risk.

If we learned a lesson from this, it's know your buyer very well, and you can recognize a demand in the market that isn't being met anywhere.

So many fail simply because they never learn how to recognize a real deal or add value to a transaction.

But in Belgium you really don't want to start an LLC or anything for your real estate, but just buy it in your own name, which is much more profitable.No Antwerp is just the area I am familiar with :) I really need to know for what prices houses are selling and renting out in the area to quickly recognize a good deal, so that's why I stick to the Antwerp province.

Not recognizing aquifers.  

You must be able to recognize the difference.

another thing @Dawn Anastasi, is that because I was around so many different people in the military, you can learn to recognize qualities in someone, so what I could even do ( I have not researched the legality of this, I am just brainstorming) is start them out on 1 month and explain that it is to make sure that they are suitable for the chemistry of the apartment, if so and everything goes well, we continue on.

Generally this is only recognized with the Seller and not the Mortgagee.

He talked about benefits of not having to deal with typical landlord issues, not having to recognize capital gains(sale price was more than what he paid for it) and it created a positive cash flow.