More importantly they don't even do proper due diligence and swallow the numbers fed to them as if they were true.  

I understand the cash flow part and it makes total sense, but to walk away from $45K equity (understanding it isn't real until we sell) is hard to swallow.

It’s bad enough when a business venture goes array but losing a good friend or severing family ties is just a hard pill to swallow.

There is a potentially large correction coming in real estate and that equity you think you have will be swallowed up either on the property you have now or the two you are thinking of buying...which will then be upside down.  

I do have a question for the group, as I am shopping for insurance for my property, I am currently having a hard time swallowing the premiums.

just an FYI:...being a landlord is about money. nothing else. swallow your pride, pick the  up the money. between vacancy, cleanup, damage, re-renting.....evictions are costly and better avoided. when renewal time rolls around, kick them out. if you have an NRR in the county, use it when that rolls around, and kick them out.  

I tried taking them to court, but didn't because I was sick of them both, I swallowed it a lesson learned, repair the damage and moved forward.

Brother tried to help them buy it back in the end I rented to them for a year ( when I could have just evicted and sold)  they then failed to pay rent and wife swallowed a bottle of pills  she survived... but you can imagine that household.2. another one in deep denial single man.... would not leave I finally after 6 months of no rent and him telling me he would move etc... we had to do a forced eviction..

Regardless of what an investment summary looks like, you have to be able to swallow your initial impressions (good or bad) and look at the numbers and business plan for what they really are.If you decide to invest because the investment summary looks pretty, you may be putting yourself at risk, if you haven’t done proper due diligence on the deal and the team.Project name (often the name of the apartment complex)Photos of the property and areaOverview of the submarketOverview of the dealDetails of the business planProjected returns and exit strategiesDetailed numbers and analysesTeam biosIn a 1 page summary, you get bits and pieces of each of these elements, though you would need the full investment summary to get all the details.If this executive summary landed in my inbox, here’s what I would do.

And, I can tell you why very easily - both cause me to want to be the best version of myself that I can be, even if it means swallowing my out-of-control ego and changing certain things about myself.