Those that were serious found a way to make it to the showing and were willing to make the effort.  

@Mike Hurney  – You joke but one day they are going to find a room full of money a Nigerian prince left behind even with all his efforts of trying to give it all away. =)@Steve Bracero – sounds like the one.

A good property manager can be gold in and if you work for a good company as a property manager there's a lot of room for growth as well as just being involved and then setting yourself up for the opportunity to invest on your ownMy property managers all have had no prior experience and really are not all that great and are paid 40 a year in just salary and if they put in effort to actually try to go above and beyond they can easily make double that.

@Jessica Harriet, the Portland, ME real estate market is very hot right now and a rent stabilization effort is on the ballot in November.

Experience says, it's rarely worth the effort to help someone in a stuck state.  

It just takes more personal discipline to not spend the build up of cash and put it toward your home loan regularly - once a year or whatever works for you.Mortgage acceleration really depends on you having a surplus at the end of the month or pay period which can either accumulate in a line of credit or some other account you choose.If that's not where you're at, you may want to devote your efforts to a "debt snowball" first to pay down your unsecured debts first (3 to 5 years or more, depending), then go with the mortgage acceleration.Hope this helps ...

For my partnership, ultimately it was time to split because my partner no longer put forth any effort.

Instead of looking for a mentor, just find someone that is genuine and as you screw up ask them what they did when they were in your position because everyone was where you are now. 

The process required a fair amount of vigilance and time, but it was well worth the effort.

Then you come up with a fair split, depending on how much time and effort you're putting into it.