The reason most landlords fail as investors is they do not run their properties as a business.

I wrote about one of my experiences here:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/colossal-fail/Properties that had been owned for a while and were conservatively leveraged were the most likely to come out fine.  

If a huge issue is present, or it fails, I'm out. 

Also house failed to appraise for their increased value, they refused to negotiate, so it went back on market and sat for months.

i recently had a failed 1031. closing date of sale of property was 10-10-2017 my 1031 exchange did not go through, i received my proceeds of the sale on 04-19-2018  how do i claim this on my taxes and in what year. can anyon help

I sent you a card last week and was hoping you would reply but I guess I failed.

When news reporters run stories they interview places like ICSC and take a snippet and sensationalize something way out of context.An example would be all retail is failing and everything is going online.

The buying opportunities in that period were crazy from other less capitalized/experienced owners at that time, one owner got a failed class A for 1/2 the value to build 5 years later for example.We typically perform very well in down markets, so not to wish harm to anyone, I am excited for the next cycle we’re buying makes much more sense again.  

Starting on the siding and roofing and all the finishing touches, we can’t wait to be done and start our next house which is vacant and demo begins in 3 weeks (follow to see updates) What I’m getting at is, the flipping world is not for the weak, you will get beat down, you will fail but in the end once you finally achieve your goals and jump those hurdles you’ll be sitting in a heating house looking at your accomplishments and realize everything you’ve worked so hard for this past few months is now a reality and it’s time to enjoy it!

Starting on the siding and roofing and all the finishing touches, we can’t wait to be done and start our next house which is vacant and demo begins in 3 weeks (follow to see updates) What I’m getting at is, the flipping world is not for the weak, you will get beat down, you will fail but in the end once you finally achieve your goals and jump those hurdles you’ll be sitting in a heating house looking at your accomplishments and realize everything you’ve worked so hard for this past few months is now a reality and it’s time to enjoy it!