I’d much rather create that reality than simply cutting down our costs and deleting all of our passive income.

@Steven Mendiola admire your gungho attitude, be sure to temper it a bit with reality, but don't lose you energy - it can help you recover from a lot of mistakes!

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

Trust me, a lot of these people are fools that are fooling you into taking your money, claiming their riches when in reality everything is overleveraged.Like many things in life if it's too good to be true, it's likely too good to be true.

And the reality is  with most of CA being uber competitive as long as there is no collusion at the auction most of these homes would bid up to 70% or so everything being equal..

Use your bonus strategically by renovating, investing in a sinking fund, or paying down the mortgage.

BUT, this is all conditional on WHO your agent is, not all Realtor's are the same, 80% are worthless part-timers, that's the truth and reality and NO, those won't bring much if any value.

If you're interested in digging deeper into some of these options, especially in the real estate sphere around Austin or Phoenix, I'd love to share more over a coffe chat.Take care,PatTurning investment visions into REALITY in Phoenix, AZ - Ranked #1 for residential real estate growth and opportunity by PwC

When it gets down to D day motivations finally change and reality finally sets in.

Motivation is an emotional response to a circumstance, not the circumstance itself.Although the sensible solution to the circumstance of being in foreclosure let's say, is to sell their house, the reality is that the emotional response to being in such a situation is to find ways to keep their house, not sell it.So ibn order to find motivated SELLERS, you need to first understand what a motivated seller is.A motivated seller is not someone that wants to needs to or even has to sell their house.