While I believe I operated with many of these strategies and tactics EVENTUALLY, I spent a long time “spinning my wheels” early on when trying to negotiate before establishing a rapport.  

I want to eventually find my forever home and create a bigger real estate profile.

Make a plan that eventually leads to owning property that throws off cash after you purchase it.

Eventually it was sold at a loss.Anyway.

So I've decided that due to poor caulking and grout condition of the upstair bathroom, I will cover the water damage, although the tenant did eventually cause more water damage.

Eventually I just quit the program.

Maybe eventually they will allow the income just like short term rentals.

Symbolically, fire is eventually an opportunity for re-growth. 

Eventually someone bites.

So shift your expectations to most of the cash out and you'll be good and you'll actually start buying deals, versus people who wait for the perfect deal, spin their wheels for 6 months terminating contracts/analyzing hundreds of places, and then eventually burn out and give up.