I noticed that as time went on, the ritual of keeping those "sacred hours" attained exceptional momentum.... in fact in 2011, I made a personal commitment in writing to buy my first income producing triplex by January 2014.

I use free websites builders to make a sight, Craigslist, backpage, oodle, postlets, twitter. all to market(back then Craigslist actually produced results).

The trick in a ski location is finding one with a healthy off season Jackson and Park City do ,I don't know CO

Time will produce the results you want if you are consistent.

Maybe there was just not the demand out there that would produce the numbers they needed to keep going?

If you have a lot of cash sitting in savings and not producing for you otherwise, using it the flip will make your flip more profitable.  

My line of thinking is if a house costs close to $2,000,000, then then promotional materials ought at least reflect the value of the property.Take for example the flyer belowI took the same photos and information brightened them up a bit (they're still bad photos, can't do anything about that at this point), rearranged them, and produced the flyer below.Do you think I could get people to pay for my design services?

a)Having some sort of experienceb)A real estate networkc)Actual property taxes in your named)Assets which produce a positive cash flow allowing you to be free of a jobe)Consistently, taking actionf)Using real estate strategies and formulas g)Submitting offersh)MarketingI)All of the above and then some : I think all of the above and then some.

Appreciation, as some have suggested can produce a desirable profit despite negative cash flow, might not be there you to bail you out--just ask anyone that tried this strategy in 2006.  

Income-producing real estate is not valued via comparative market analysis.