I recently made a post about my favorite house hacking strategy which is to find a house that has a basement entrance or one that has some sort of side or garage entrance that opens up to the basement stairs and turn that into a basement entrance.

What kind of rewards have you found to be most motivating for your partners?

Quote from @Taylor Witt:I have 8+ units that I would like to install plank flooring/vinyl of some sort when the units turn over tenants.

Some sort of management courses would also be useful RE is not only managing a physical property but tenants, handymen, skilled tradesmen, etc.

The worst ones usually don't have any clear cut guidelines (a lot of the underwriters will make up their own rules if they do not like the deal), Suck at communicating (will reply days later), Push aggressive terms to get deals in and then switch them, and Not really motivated to get things done (they will adverse a loan without any hesitation). 

I know a few people who get calls off letters sure, but its still a vetting process to get to those most motivated. 

i want to hear about it all. investors only tell me about the good stuff, i would also like to hear the bad. i know how it goes, not everything is black & white. investors only talk to you when they have good news, brag, or they want something from you. i like to find others to talk to once a week at least. need the motivation/accountability. i like to talk about real estate because it’s interesting.

Even though I don't think there's a way to get out of this without taking some sort of loss.    

Gurus can help but ultimately it comes down to how motivated you are.

If you run into a bunch of trouble up front, it can be hard to stay motivated to keep going.