They get scared of the mortgage, maintenance, property taxes, etc. 

Some of my properties I had lived in for 2 out of 5 years and they were Tax-free up to $250,000.

@Justin Holley it all depends and there is a lot of flexibility.Our PMC is able to pay insurance & taxes for owners as well as utilitieis on vacant & MF properties.The only thing we shy away from is mortgage payments - too much potential liability if we pay late due to our error or owner portfolio doesn't have needed funds.Pretty much anything specifically related to a property should probably be paid via the Property LLC for easier accounting/tracking.

Payments are to be handled by outside/3rd party escrow (mortgage, taxes, insurance, etc), vendor to be determined prior to close of this escrow.  

Here, the insurance has skyrocketed due to hurricanes, taxes are up, and the property values have increased faster than rents.

I decided to try and go after people I thought were more desperate like going into foreclosure or tax sales, etc.

Also, even though we make negative cash flow, since its big house and income from house is a lot we had to pay more taxes. 

Real estate investment is parking money as equity for appreciation, tax benefit and hopefully cash flow and inflation hedges. 

Trash, miscellaneous such as water charge for a water leak, umbrella policy or other asset protection, book keeper/tax person, etc.  

Eat the sickening cap gains taxes and enjoy what’s left?