Usually, things are done by mail and they can just keep postponing or making excuses.

It gives me an excuse to inspect my rentals every 3 months.How do you even define a hoarders clause in a lease?   

This is for many reasons, some legitimate and others just excuses or racial profiling in a different form.

Seems like the "equity" you get is just a cop-out excuse to not pay you.

There were a myriad of reasons for these things - some excuses, some legitimate - but the reasons don't matter, only the results matter.

Fear of litigation can be an excuse for persisting in doing things the way they have always been done, though.

Excuses mean more profit.    

I often have heard excuses of "oh it's easy for them/you because you have...." when truth is it's these disciplines that got us to where we are, not the other way around.     

I get 1 out of 20 jobs I bid, so excuse me if I don't take you serious until I see your money.

Many new investors claim to have analysis paralysis, but that's usually an excuse for either a lack of confidence (you need more meetups and more authentic relationships with other real estate investors) or shiny object syndrome (you want to house hack, but you like apartments, but also flipping, and what about storage).