There may be something they know that you don't; water issues, non-compliant septic, foundation issues, clouds on title - dig deep.

I'm going to suggest that because there are so many different ways to invest, along with so many different motivations/expectations of the individual players, that the diversity clouds people's mind away from what it is that makes it possible to invest in real estate in the first place, for all investors...drum roll...Property rights.

Fluffy cotton candy cloud fellow human being type responses exist to cover the stink of the real reason people do it. 

Here's another example that would be skipped by cash-flow only metric chasers: BRR equity capture was $55k. 

Prior to moving my database into the cloud, this laptop hosted my database, never once had an issue of crashing or losing data.

Don't let dollar signs cloud your judgment.

This uploads data to a online cloud platform which you then can send invoices or billing with. 

--George Bernard ShawOr then again:From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not bringMy passions from a common spring—From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow—I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone—And all I loved—I loved alone—Then—in my childhood—in the dawnOf a most stormy life—was drawnFrom every depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still—From the torrent, or the fountain—From the red cliff of the mountain—From the sun that round me rolledIn its autumn tint of gold—From the lightning in the skyAs it passed me flying by—From the thunder, and the storm—And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view—-- Edgar Allan PoeOr still:"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

Chase really hit the nail on the head with his initial answer, especially the part about the dangers of not having reserves.

Pull your head out of the clouds and put some calluses on your hands.