Interior stuff has a tendency to just disappear one day....

This will only disappear when you pay back the loan.The alternative is to make a contribution to the LLC for $5,000Cash - $5,000    Contribution $5,000This will adjust your basis which will affect your gain/loss when you liquidate the LLC.

The fact is a lot of folks start out in real estate and do great for 2-3 years following the latest "guru" or whirl-wind investment plan....then life happens and they disappear. 

Realizing the ways of the traditional agent are going to disappear.

I then started and ran a landscaping franchise before a family situation caused me to abruptly close and move to North Carolina. 

Under 60 no benefits, and her savings are disappea ring.

Student rentals are usually our most lucrative and most sought-after submarket, but when Binghamton University switched to online for the spring semester many property owners began struggling with tenants either trying to wiggle out of their leases or disappearing all together.

The money wouldn't just disappear because it was not used to purchase a home.

Some will cash flow at the price offered, but if I look to BRRRR them then at the new ARV and 70% loan to value the cash disappears. 

Some that come to mind include- taxes- insurance- maintenance (mostly caused by tenants, provided you start from a good starting point)- vacancy- make read costs between tenants- property management (which you can earn for yourself if you do this work)- utilities (at least between tenants, but also for lienable utilities when tenants disappear owing a bill.)- lawn care (especially on multis)- snow removal- pest control- any damage in excess of security deposit- lost rent due to eviction- eviction costs- other legal costs- accounting costs- major capital items like furnaces, roofs, sewer lines.Don't fall into the trap of trying to break these all out for your analysis, then trying to squeeze each of them down.