If this thread doesn't have you convinced, check Steve's post history for where he complaints about his commercial loans, and then celebrates paying them off so he doesn't have to deal with being harassed for updated financials every X years just to keep the same loan in place that he's never missed a payment on.

So, if you have a deal and and after the Auction and realtor are paid and you have endbuyer pay all the rest of closing costs let's say you and your Joint Venture net $5000:JVP #1 gets $2000JVP #2 gets $1225And You get $1750 for orchestrating and driving the whole deal)But, now I'm in the mode of either magical thinking where some family member wanting to keep grandma's house in the family, some celebrity wants to live there because it's close to their auntie, or some movie producers want to use it in a film...

Celebrate your successes, no matter how small!

For example, if they are celebrating a special occasion (bachelorette party, graduation, wedding, etc). we will often decorate or leave a special note/gift.  

With Austin, it was celebrities and  hedge funds there before covid, but covid made the migration quicker.

We’re so busy running around after our toddler we don’t even have time to celebrate anymore.

I don't do Christmas gifts just in case someone doesn't celebrate Christmas. 

I spoke to him in person and we agreed that he could have a $200 discount on rent for the next 2 months.Later that night on instagram I find out he is on a plane to Vail to celebrate his daughters birthday.

Many love to celebrate their failure or the failures of others.

With that being said you just need to find the right property purchase & cash flow-wise, which is doable.My favorite ROI area on Hilton Head is Forest beach due to lower purchase prices than SP, no POA fee & so many amenities being close by(60 shops & restaurants, 14m Celebration park, 3 miles of beach).