Full of fat promises, does not deliver on any of them.

It seems big fat checks help overcome some objections, but not all deals are big profits. 

Everyone has been burned a time or two if you have been doing this long enough. 

Burned up time.  

If you are not familiar with the area (selecting a location because property is cheaper than your home base), often that great deal might be 10 blocks in the wrong direction and you get burned. 

Just an update on Citrona, Paul has fled back to Panama and the arsonist who burned down a potential laundry mat is in jail.

Keep in mind that if you burn all of your equity in your home and the market where your home is goes down, you own something that is now a net negative if you sell.

There was a fire and the house burned to the ground.

They and their ilk will burn you out if you don't take back control of the helm.Good luck!

However when I think logically about depreciating damages I use this as an example:If I built a house and rented it for 28 years without making any improvements, the tenant could burn the house to the ground and not get charged one penny because the entire house was fully depreciated down to $0.