We did not pay ourselves for many months - in fact, we only started taking cashflow distributions about 6 months ago when we the property's financial performance has stabilized.4. 

It's important to stay laser focused on the tasks at hand and on the things that you can control.

I’ve personally been very happy with the overall performance of my portfolio.In my opinion, the most important thing to understand is that this is not like investing in the stock market where in a person can just blindly pick a few index funds and will probably end up fine.

He's going to go for it)3) As potential buyer, go AWOL.4) As seller, issue notice to perform and cancel contract5) Worst case scenario he comes through and sells your property for more than it's worth and you have a new listing agent.

(Here and now)Start thinking 4 dimensionally, how the asset performs over time.A $325k townhouse in NoVa at 25% down has positive free cash flow of about $50 per month. 

I understand the comfort of having someone performing work having insurance. 

Real estate will continue to perform.

Does that cover the contractor running off with my money and no work was performed.

This particular loan was purchased as an NPN back in 2015, and has been performing since. 

They may surround themselves with others willing to take on the more mundane tasks they used to do but they're constantly forging ahead into the next challenge.The way people view or approach something is crucial.