The question is do they change their personal lifestyle and use this income to help the struggling projects..

Ultimately I think a lot of us are in real estate because we have found a way to make real estate fit our lifestyle and goals for the long term.

When you tell these people that it often takes more than a decade before the investing makes things like that possible, they go looking elsewhere for advice, until they find someone who's willing to sell them what they want to hear.Building relationships, improving your lifestyle, relieving chronic anxiety, creating strong friendships, building bonds with family, work-life balance, delayed gratification, risk-reward management, lifelong financial freedom, all the really good things about REI are often suffocated under the overwhelming need to GENERATE INCOME TO QUIT MY HATEFUL JOB.What's the best thing about investing for me?

I'm only here for the next 1 to 1 1/2 years; until we move on to our next investment asset and life style. 

@Connor McGinnis It is more of a lifestyle choice.

Thanks to the eduction we've received at BP, my husband and I have made massive changes to our lifestyle recently, and begun moving our six figure savings from places it was doing us no good, and into smart real estate investments.

He knew the risk, it was a good ROI for 18 months, but then it dropped and he hasn't gotten it back because he didn't build good healthy backlinks during that time... so it bit him.

it sounds like you are in a healthy position.  

Aligning decisions with financial goals, risk tolerance, and lifestyle preferences is crucial.Good luck!

It's not quite a passive as the RE world makes it out to be (we self manage our own properties)... but it is a very nice lifestyle.