Oftentimes, when one half of a couple is opposed to real estate investing, it really comes down to them viewing it as a cumbersome, risky distraction, rather than as a relatively stable, valuable tool to help reach your shared goals.

Who cares if we keep revising last month’s number down and distract you with this month’s shiny new number?

Technology won't help you study and may only be a distraction.

First step for me was to pick a market and focus on that market and not get distracted by the pretty shiny thing always vying for my attention. 

Yet, I didn’t let that distract me and the first thing I wanted to know is who is behind the development to see if I know them or at least can ask my network about them.

All the while being distracted from what they really want to be doing and that is buying properties.

We just got distracted by all the other outside investors on Instagram and podcasts, which you really do learn a ton from.

This slogan merely means you can put down ZERO and the Investment will be NEGATIVE but if you buy it without financing it, you will Cash Flow.You make the Investment Cash Flow.Also, Cash Flow can be a distraction from much bigger problems.Buying a Property that you cash flow in a DEPRECIATING Local Market is a set up for failure.Take Detroit during the decades before it went bankrupt.You may have bought a Cash Flowing property decades before, but the writing on the wall was that Detroit was going to depreciate when the Domestic Auto Industry was a decades long slow train wreck.Detroit, at that time, was 90% dependent on Domestic Auto.There are 2 rules that I follow:1) ALWAYS buy in Appreciating Markets with a horizon of at least 10 years2) You (notice, I said YOU) SHOULD Make the Investment at least break even if not some positive cash flowIf you are in an Appreciating Market, your Cash Flow will grow.For instance, I am in Brooklyn, NY and my first investment was in 1998.My rents went up over 350% (from $1k for a typical 2 Bedroom apt to $3.5k today) over the 26 years.Not only do I cash flow from the Rental Price Appreciation but soon my Mortgage will be paid off by the tenants.The Cash flow will be HUUUGE in about 2 years from now.Many Investors here seem to not understand that Appreciation is BOTH the Investment's Value and the Rental Price Appreciation.

Some guy will say you grabbed his *** or you distracted him and caused a slip and fall, said something discriminatory, etc. 

Try to really excel at that strategy before getting distracted by the next shiny object syndrome.