My goals include cash flow and appreciation and I realized there were other properties that better align with what I am trying to accomplish.

This is a nation wide issue but just want to make sure you realize.

It's sad to see so many of these threads after looking through BP today, but it was totally expected based on the insanely low rates a couple of years ago and realizing how commercial lending works.It's a bummer, but there's no such thing as passive investing and there's no alternative to digging into a situation and understanding it for yourself.

EDIT: Just realized I read that wrong and thought the poster was the seller. 5% rate and 5% down is a sweet deal, take that if you can get it!

He would show up, realize he didn't like the view of the water tower half a block away and back out.- Getting under contract and then reducing the price because of findings is common, but major reductions are likely to tick off the seller unless you have strong justification.

First, many move on from their cash flow properties quickly when they realize they aren't in fact the cash cow they believed they were buying.

For us we knew this and knocked down our home to build new, unfortunately for one of the "flippers" up the street, they did not realize this and cost them a pretty penny...

Many investors don't realize they've agreed to dump more money into the syndication if it runs low on cash (capital call).

Which is where most fail when they realize how hard it will be.One of my favorite all-time sayings, "Actions always speak louder than words"!

But I realized that holding onto them at the expense of my peace of mind just isn’t worth it.