Do you have a well defined process set up that you need to track normal sales-cycle milestones?

@Gordon Olson- On a construction or rehab project, the Contractor will submit a payment application at specific milestones of completion. 

I too moved to the great state of Kansas in July Thomas Handy but I'm at Riley in Junction City :(Hopefully James Vermillion I can hang up my bars after this tour but right now still getting my plan in place to tackle some personal financial debt and trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up lol.July was a milestone, closed on my duplex after financing uncertainity, and I just moved in my tenants today.

So Just to clarify a bit: I'm assuming the escalating earnest money you're referring to is much like any other project that takes draws at certain milestones?

There is no longer the pressure to hit certain "milestones" in life.Older generations see it as lack of responsibility or lack of maturity, but most millennials that I know are just as responsible (if not more so) than their parents, having witnessed the aftermath of the recession.

Short-term goal/first milestone: acquire enough rental properties to generate $2,000 in monthly cash flow after expenses.In my current situation, my wife and I are dealing with a mortgage of $74k at a 3.5% interest rate on our primary home.

Congratulations on the milestone @Brandon Hall

The law requires a milestone inspection to be performed every 10 years for each building that is three stories or more in height, beginning at the 30-year mark from the date the certificate of occupancy was issued.

One day, I will be able to do likewise.....that's my target but for now, am accummulating for buy and hold.Its inspiring to see people get to the milestone you are targeting.....Best of luck.....

-Starting out, intermediate level: LLC funding, business structure, different RE investment strategies & how to balance the mixture, working with others, growing business, milestones, timelines, etc