While that's tough enough to endure on its own, a lot of people in that situation have the added terror of trying to find a way to pay the bills. 

If they don't and/or become a headache it is a shorter time to endure resolving the issue. 2.)

I'll likely tie up that equity and then endure any swings in the prime rate as I'm paying it down over time.

They are a large stable enduring player in the field.  

Rather then sell and move into cash by selling outright and enduring the tax hit to wait for a market correction and good buying opportunity, they will buy fractional passive investments that qualify for 1031 so they can continue to reap tax deferred status, and garner depreciation etc.  

Property meets (yes you do have to endure a sales pitch) are a great place to chat with others with varying degrees of experience and success and find out what others are / have done.

Basically, my wife and I endured a failed JV.  

Almost always, their behavior never gets better after the the application process; this is when they are presumably showing you their best.Using this system has dramatically reduced any wasted time I used to endure as part of the showing process as well as giving me empirical data about their timeliness/responsiveness/respect for others' time.Good luck!

Endure all opposition, negativity and persist through obstacles and the results will follow.

I'd rather give that occasional tough answer than to see anyone, especially with kids to support or whatever, endure a major hardship due to watching too many of those "we ride around in our fancy truck and make huge $$$ flipping homes" shows, which are often I now know insidiously linked to the "spend a massive amount at our weekend seminar" type deals too.