There are many reasons why people fail to invest in real estate, but one of the most common reasons for failure is to purchase a property with a loan from a financial institution that is so large that it will be difficult to repay the debt, unless the property remains almost fully occupied during the investment period and there are no large repair costs.
It is almost impossible for a property to remain almost fully occupied throughout the period of real estate investment. Also, there are very rare properties that do not need a large amount of repair costs.
There are many cases where people fail to invest in real estate because they invest without understanding that the yield listed in the property description is the "surface yield. The "surface yield" listed in many property summaries is for reference only, and consider investing based on the "NOI Yield.”