If you don’t have a strong enough why, you’ll lose sight and get distracted and have unrealistic expectations of what real estate is suppose to do for you and you’ll get bitter and move on to another life preserver with lead weights in it.Having your license is great!

Distraction: This is the last gut check moment and potentially the worst one of the three.

To me interest rates, inflation, jobs are all distractions from the underlying issue.

However, let't not get distracted by semantics.

There's many syndication deals out there, and they can become a distraction if you don't know what you are looking for (especially when the returns look attractive!!

No distractions.

It is just too easy to lose/misplace/leave inside a now locked unit when you are distracted. 1) Purchase a commercial quality key cutter (does not need to be a new automated machine).

Are you clear on your investing criteria (or you attention gets distracted by anything that flies nearby and has "real estate investing" attached to it)?

And when I applied to some gubmint office for aid I'm pretty sure I'd spend a good share of time watching a gubmint worker file her nails before she got around to dealing with me as just another distraction in her day.

A byproduct of this is focussing energy and resources on a potentially benign situation, while being distracted from focusing on specific instances, which may have caused direct harm.