If you are not experienced it can drag on for a long time. 

Most people now recognize the drag on quality of life when you have an hour commute to work. 

Or are the utilities and insurance too much of a drag on the income?

Lastly, and I hate to drag on this post, but in the above JV scenario, what is the typical title/lien arrangement to cover that side of the risk between the parties?

But the time involved getting the entitlements can create huge drag on returns.

All that equity locked in your sfr will be a drag on returns as your plan matures.

However, the divorce seems to drag on longer than I thought, and I feel bad that my son has to be in the car for 3 hrs every day.

I am hoping for a correction with every one else, but if it continues to drag on with supply/demand constraints and money printing, then it is better (in my opinion) to have access to cash when opportunities come but not lose the current returns and possibility of appreciation.

Also factoring in vacancies and lost cash flow for months as renovations can drag on.

Los Angeles County has been a huge drag on the state’s overall recovery that has, by several measures, been well behind the national pace.