I call it burning your gas and time. 

I left school so that I could dive all the way into Real Estate without other obligatory distractions; burning the ships, as Brandon Turner says.

Often we are the 2nd or 3rd PMC owners hire AFTER they've been burned by type number 1's.

Third, tell him that you understand that he is skeptical because he may have been burned before by clients/ owners but you are willing to meet him halfway to gain trust.

Trust is big, which can be hard sometimes because I have also been burned before. 

(We have an IRS lien that will be paid off in four years and I am pretty sure that could be worked around.)My wife is hell-bent on being able to "burn the mortgage" as soon as possible and is resisting refinancing with a $30K cash-out to drastically improve the functionality, curb appeal, and comfort of the home we've lived in for 35 years.I feel we should do the refi, make the house new again, and enjoy where we live. 

A few of your tenants burn to death and you get sued for $50 million.The LLC for the property is supposed to make it so most money the Plaintiffs get from you is the assets in that one LLC, but since the court says your damages are $50 million then the attorneys can easily get your personal assets in your other LLC's and assets not in LLC's. 

You will burn out though!

All these questions can point you in a direction the focuses your market area and time you'll need to learn the market without burning out.

What if it had burned down or been flooded the night before you closed?