Go getters or entrepreneurs are easily distracted by shiny object syndrome.

Thanks for the reply.No problem, do keep in mind this: When I started out, I had the shining object syndrome where I saw buy and hold, flipping, notes, commercial, etc and I wanted to do it all.

New tenant arrives next week, but we have been sending her updates and photos since she signed the lease (before we started the renovation) and is very excited about what we have done.When all is said and done we expect to be very close to our {upper} budget range of $13K ... structural issues we found, led to the reconfiguration of the layout {I can be prone to "while I am here" syndrome}.

I know this invokes the "impostor syndrome," because you may feel like a fraud without having done any deals yet.  

@Brian GibbonsI'm already more than "all in" in this business and am past the "shiny object" syndrome, too.Ironically, I've spent almost more time in this thread than I have on just "reading" through BP and most of that was going through your posts since that's the only thing I'm actually "subscribed" to in here. 

Shiny object syndrome can be a killer on this site!  

One thing I struggled with initially was being caught up in shiny object syndrome.

I hope you don't run into the "you don't know what you don't know" syndrome.

I don't know how it'll affect your fix and flip plans, but it makes buy and hold strategies pretty difficult.I know that it sucks to hear someone doomsaying right off the bat, but I have to point this out to you because everyone, from the brokers to the realtors to the gurus and whoever, will all lie to your face and tell you a deal is good when it's really suffering from Florida Syndrome (bloated costs and diminished returns). 

Sounds like shiny object syndrome to me, which I can relate to.