Still have several of those loans going as well.The SAFE Act has made seller financing a hard pill to swallow for sellers, especially the amortization requirements.

Giver your HML the right mix of weed, booze and pills and I bet he'd think about it for a few seconds!

But, with the poison pills off, they got a car.4.

Or is it better to take a 'suck it up pill" and move on.

There is no one magic pill (otherwise everyone would be doing it). 

I would recommend charging your tenant for their share because that's a tough pill to swallow.Tax benefit - I wouldn't price those into your mortgage because a lot of the factors that determine your tax situation are still undefined and will be until the end of the calendar year.

Still a huge chunk of money to someone like me, but an easier pill to swallow.

As far as finding properties there is no magic pill.

One technique is called "poison pill".

I think there are 3 main reasons:Financial ignorance: most people I know are happy to follow the 401k path to wherever it leads and worry more about where they are going to go on vacation that year2) Laziness: RE investing is not something that can be done well while sitting in front of your computer and just clicking where someone else told you until you think you're smart enough to click where you want3) there is rarely a "fat pill" in RE investing.