Money Mustache (www.mrmoneymustache.com). 

I'm not gonna cry over spilled milk, but oftentimes I almost feel like it.

By the time closing costs, etc, have been factored in, this isn't a cow you are likely to get a lot of milk out of.

He has about 1000 milking cows, which is considered large around here.

Now that they are informed it seems like you are crying about spilt milk.

I can clearly see that once appraisal came higher they are trying to milk all the possibilities. 

Money Mustache's story of his real estate partnership mistake / lesson - quick read. 

Not time to cry over spilled milk though it has shown me that i need to upgrade the areas i am buying in to increase the chances of the market appreciating and not just collect a cash flow while the resale market remains flat.So what model did you follow to get you to being able to walk away.

I lived in California where I hear nightmares about 6 months to 18 months to get a tenant out, if the tenant is wily enough.I'm invested in Missouri now and everyone says 45 days max, but just had a tenant pull some crazy stuff to milk the free rent teat for waay too long;  I'm not even sure what happened there, yet!  

We hired an attorney, with great Yelp reviews, and made it clear we wanted a "pit-bull" and instead ended up with a " Toy poodle" who we suspect he is just milking us for fees and colluding with the HOA attorney.