Ideally, we should all strive to be like Bill Gate or Sam Walton.

I strive for the nicest with a price right in the neighborhoods sweet spot.

In most cases, a well-balanced blend of both investment strategies is what you should strive for.

Lastly, we strive to refinance in 3 years and return as much of our investor capital as possible AND yet they still retain their 30% ownership. 

We strive to create win-win situations in every transaction.Let us know a little about you if you are interested!

Strive to always be direct to the seller and/or buyer.

@Michael Hable - We're always striving to better things here!

, the tenants were quite fine, and actually pretty excited about the idea of the repairs :)We just strived to maintain open communication with them throughout the process, and showed that we respected the property itself, as well as respected the tenant's time and how they have made it their home as well (by showing that we want to fix it up for them to provide a better place for them to live).Granted, we could have just lucked out an have easy-going (and logical) tenants, but in sum, I think being respectful of the tenant's time and space, and showing objective reasons why the repairs will benefit them goes a long way in rapport building and getting the job accomplished.

However if at possible strive for cash flow from the inception.

If you're not striving for Win-Win in EVERY transaction, you're doing it wrong, IMO.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.