Thats just unrealistic to think that would continue. 

Once you free yourself from that unrealistic goal, then you can focus on maximizing the returns on your capital.

I feel like I missing a piece of information here.If this is accurate, these expectations are wildly unrealistic. 

We sometimes "inherit" buyers from realtors who have created highly unrealistic expectations on performance, ease of self-managing and other aspects of owning the home.

I would say they made a lot of promises that they haven’t kept and paint a very unrealistic picture with an extremely high pressure sales scheme that does a disservice to the vast majority of their students.

And arguing on a "what-if" scenario that is wildly unrealistic. 

Maybe I just have bad agents   My 2 thoughts on this are1) Maybe you haven't found a good agent, or the right agent for you.2) Maybe you have unrealistic expectations for the market, thus leading to a high number of offers with no deals closing from them.Also, #2 there, doesn't necessarily preclude #1 from being true.

but I think its a little unrealistic to invest in non performing and probably second position notes and expect to not lose money on some or many of them.. if they represented that you would not lose then that certainly is not right..

Can I just increase the rent to some unrealistic amount (there's no rent control in my state)?

This speed can create unrealistic expectations for clients about the time it takes to close a deal, subsequently putting pressure on realtors to hasten processes that traditionally need more time for due diligence.Client RelationsRealtors invest considerable time in building client relationships, providing advice, market analysis, and negotiation skills.