Oh yeah, also a LOVE of the real estate industry, and a burning desire to succeed.  

I mean if you checked/changed the air filters and it/they were built up solid with dust and debris that could definitely aid in burning out a capacitor, but they do take time to burn out.

@Dan BlaylockThis depends on the structure and whether it’s a partial or investing in another manner, it boils down to the counterparty and counterparty risk.I have seen in both situations where investors have been burned, and everytime it boiled down to who you were working with more than the actual note

Fat chance on me opening another policy.

What do you do if your house burns down or is destroyed in a storm, and you can't produce the deed? 

Finance starts getting burned on these, it starts hitting a certain "temperature" level, I assure the criminal charges will start happening.

The last 2 years of hot inflation is still burned into all our minds.

If you don't know what I'm talking about there is a much higher probability of getting burned.

Multiple landlords had been burned.

It's hard watching them burn both ends of the candle and knowing that they could've gone to "better" schools, but I wouldn't change it as I am so proud of who they are.In the end, they should inherit a lot more than I did.