In this case a legal secretary who had a net worth of $9,000,000. http://m.newser.com/story/258891/secretary-lived-frugally-for-96-years-then-donated-millions.htmlThe truth is that I don’t find this story motivational.

I then have the Contractor break down their pricing by these Categories which is used as a Payment Schedule to pay the Contractor.The Contractor is then paid once the work is completed in each Category generally at the end of the week.You also may want to consider holding back 5 to 10% retainage which will help keep the Contractor motivated to complete the work.Here's a Payment Schedule Template in my fileplace:https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/drobertson/file/payment-schedule-template

Would rather have extremely motivated agents trying to sell my property.

i pay $1,000 if they know someone with a house for sale...off market...turn the tenants into my little marketing army...works great...money motivates...everyone has a grandma looking to dump her house...

Find someone that knows how to source off-market deals (not trash properties from motivated sellers in low class areas). 

For one thing, condo associations (with support from enough owners) have the power (and the motivation) to severely restrict your ability to rent at any time.

Maybe they would like to be out of there but just have no motivation.

Also, huge shout-out to the Bigger Pockets team - you have motivated and inspired me to take the plunge and start building my portfolio! 

A little bit of motivation for them to be decent to the property and get their money back when they move out.2.

For example if you find a motivated seller you can joint venture with a person to bring in the money and split the proceeds.