If your goal is appreciation, you'll find markets that have very little cash flow (if any), and you won't realize your return until much later down the road when cash flow catches up or you sell the property.There are probably thousands of markets to invest in.

It always cracks me up when someone hands me a business card that says "President and CEO" and they don't realize how ridiculous that looks.

I'm a 20x AirBnb superhost who realized I have more productive uses of my time than hosting directly.

As sellers realize that buyers cannot pay the same price for the same income stream as before due to the higher rates dampening overall buyer returns over that 6-month market cycle, sellers will eventually transact at lower prices, making it more apparent to sellers where the current market pricing is.

Sponsor is doing a capital call and pausing distributions as they have a loan coming due and realize they need $3M in order to refinance the loan.

However, I quickly realized this group could be challenging to manage.

I think my line of thought is correct.2nd and very few investors realize this.. but lets say you have a wholesale deal and your buying it for 100k and the wholesalers contract is 50k and there is a 50k assignment fee..

The guest stay with discount and toilet replacement did not cover the cost of the unit for the stay. i have the issue on occasion that the guest is expecting a bigger unit and thinks the price is high but they do not realize the value of the unit.  

You took criticism like someone who is looking to get better, and realize it's not personal.

Eventually, I realized that if I kept waiting until tax time to organize my books, I would never escape the stress (and extra CPA fees).