I purchased the building for $430,000, other investors reached out telling me I overpaid, but didn't realize my building rent roll once occupied would be $7,300 instead of the  $5,200 they underwrote sitting behind their computer screen.

You have to sell to realize your gains, and will lose on the transaction at this time.  

Since Booking.com now has an option to discount rates depending on how many guests stay...I realized that's what happened with my first guest (that left my door wide open after checking out)! 

It’s not about leaving BRRRR behind, it’s about expanding investment strategies while still utilizing what works.As for investors passing on distressed properties, it’s not that they don’t want to deal with permits, contractors, and tenants—it’s that they’ve realized they can apply the same effort to larger asset classes with a bigger return.

I set my rent standards a little high and realized that rent is actually not that high.. we have a morgage on it and it looks like the house is selling for more than we originally paid 4 years ago.

They ended up billing me $200 a month for several months before I realized what they had done.My wife's a Realtor and we flipped a couple houses that she found for us.

I realize that commercial investing is more in-line with my goals, so I have wiped my slate clean and ready to start over from the beginning.

I realize nobody can quote me an interest rate. 

I'm now realizing that in the state of South Carolina, the tax rate jumps 2% for rental properties to help fund public schools, a $600/mo cost that I didn't account for when using the calculators in the earlier stages.

I realized in that conversation, sitting in disaster, I didn’t even want to make the offer.