Additionally, it is a hard pill to swallow when a cash buyer for a rehab project sees the middle men/women make $50k or more on a spread when the rehabber will be lucky to make that same $50k with a whole heck more work and more risk to make that same money.You could be better off finding deals and double ending or even triple ending the listing and make more money without all the nonsense that is typical in wholesale transactions (and often illegal with those unlicensed).

The increasing property prices are a hard pill to swallow.

Worked well until one of my carpenters took some pills, sprayed high-gloss cabinet paint everywhere (including brick on facade) and then shot my refrigerator (yes, with a gun) when I fired him.

Do you listen to your Dr advising taking all sorts of toxic pills?  

Most of the people there were looking for the magic pill to make them rich without putting in the work.

I think there are 3 main reasons:Financial ignorance: most people I know are happy to follow the 401k path to wherever it leads and worry more about where they are going to go on vacation that year2) Laziness: RE investing is not something that can be done well while sitting in front of your computer and just clicking where someone else told you until you think you're smart enough to click where you want3) there is rarely a "fat pill" in RE investing.

For all intent, inpenetrable, due to a Poison Pill Provision.

One technique is called "poison pill".

It is going to be hard to find a HELOC on a rental home, but losing that interest rate for something WAY above 6% is a tough pill to swallow. 

I will take a 50k profit over a 70k profit if it means that I don't have to chase money and 2 bottles of headache pills or fight every change order or explain why the change order occurred.