I just had a memphis investor join us yesterday after he sold several units he had there....he couldn't keep management or tenants and the repairs/vandalism ate him up.

This investor only had one exit strategy and when it wasn't working for him, he didn't know what to do so he just sat on the properties until all the hard money interest ate up all the profit on the deal and a good portion of my investment money.I learned how to keep the money from the investor separate and not commingled by having all the investors money either go directly to the title company or to the contractors.

From what I can tell it is not down range from a tee.

Ate at Green Truck Neighborhood Pub while in Savannah and saw some renovations going on nearby.

Over the course of a year my wife and I fixed it up, rented to friends, ate peanut butter and jelly, did everything we could.

Did you bunker in with your parents, ate noodles, and lived on a strict budget while you worked & saved up to pay for it all on your own, did you save for a down payment and worked with a lender, did you find a Zero out-of-pocket lender or program? 

His wife cooked us dinner and we ate at the table with his family.

Horses in Russia - by the thousands - died at the beginning of the 20th century, but they ate hay that was severly contaminated.  

In fact, according to a TED talk I recently viewed, people are more apt to make a decision and do it easier and faster when they have fewer choices.

I was inspired buy a Ted Talk I saw by Mel Robbins.