The dividends might help you eat without selling shares, but real money is made when the price of Amazon doubles or triples over time.Now I believe a dividend helps support the price of a stock, so I wouldnt ignore it all together. 

Agents will ignore your lowball offers because they have a responsibility to get their client (the seller) as much money as possible for the property.

As I stated in my question, I was ignorant and had to survive on the cash flow.

Tenants ignore this addendum.I have charged tenants for the mildew in the past.  

If you think training is costly, consider how much more ignorance will cost you.You can find a lot of people that promote themselves on this site.

I was clearly ignorant in my assumption that syndications have fixed end dates.

If you think training is costly, consider how much more ignorance will cost you.You can find a lot of people that promote themselves on this site.

There are programs that look only at the cash flow on the property itself and ignore any other income/debts.

They would have to be ignorant of their properties value on the free market, have no time (for whatever reason) to list and sell it, or maybe just have a home that’s in such disrepair it’s uninhabitable or unappealing to any owner-occupant.

My question is what can be done to prevent this from happening in the future as in tenants just ignoring their lease.