tenant base was worse than we expected. high levels of drug use and security issues ate into the inital capex budget

Kind of like dog ate my homework.  

When the property transferred it uncapped the taxes and they increased substantially and ate up all of the cash flow. 

I also think there is potential in Edgewater and Wheat Ridge (a little bit sleepier for some reason, but they just added a big food hall).I'd also look at E Colfax due to the city's East Area Plan and the Denver Opportunity Zones (specific low-income urban and rural communities areas identified for favorable treatment of reinvested capital gains and forgiveness of tax on new capital gains)

Inflation just ate $279,834 of your money…To make things worse I’ll remind you that you haven’t paid your taxes yet.

Show pictures of the fancy little omelet you ate at that adorable little cafe, and talk about how amazing it was.Show pictures of the current house you are flipping and ask for suggestions on colors schemes for your new kitchen.Show pictures of that latest work out you did that lost you 200 pounds overnight.THAT is what people connect to.

With 14 properties, over the last 20 years I’ve made a $30k water claim 10 years ago,I ate a $5500 water problem about 5 years ago, and recently a $1500 water problem.

Since our sale was within 2-4 years of the properties purchased, the closing costs on both ends really ate up our profits.

We like purchasing long term buy and hold properties and this fit our investing strategy to a tee.

I read, slept, and ate real estate.