If you are faced with a 10 year market trend that the graph looks something like this: \ Then buy and hold, especially all levered up can sink you quickly.  

Without having Milestones, Measurable Milestones, how will you know when you are successful?  

Or is it best that you not possess a graph for that?  

You can always use your cash for reserves.Incentivizing Contractors: Everyones here to make money so structure your payment milestones so that they are incentivized to work.

The following milestones took place since then on weekdays after work and on weekends: May - purchase of second duplexJune - purchase of third duplex July - purchase of a triplexOctober - purchase of forth duplex I financed all the properties through conventional 25%-down loans and the properties are more or less considered turn-key properties with minor work needed.

QuickBooks will show you via colorful graphs where you stand today financially.

@Tyler Weaver  see below these are the market reports we get every week pretty detailed and the graph stats folks love them.. my wife sets her clients up on these and of course we use them for our activies we are building in Lake Oswego for example  Hi Lori - here’s this week’s market report!

And interesting report here, for those that like a good chart/graph to start their day.https://assets.recenter.tamu.edu/Documents/Article...These two charts are so telling.When I was in corporate America, I worked for those guys that build the big yellow iron construction things, so I can attest with authority that the housing construction market around here tanked HARD in 2009. 

Looking for a solid renewal sequence of events/milestones that has worked for others.

Another milestone..