If you do not have the discipline to earn and save the money you need to start you likely lack the drive to succeed.

Lots of investors on BP pick up properties from other investors who lack the capital to properly operate or finish a value add.Good luck and keep us posted.

If you're equipped and intelligent enough to get to this stage in life, you will not be amused by the lack of activity in true retirement.

Or are they banking that the ARV is going to be drastically higher than the current comps due to the lack of inventory in the market.

EVERY tenant segment has some bad apples. 

Short sales usually require a hardship letter to the lender explaining your hardship (job loss, death in the family, forced relocation, divorce, medical bills), your lack of assets and your lack of income.

I would love to know if people were like this and lacked the daily motivation to succeed and what methods they used. maybe hypnosis?

Half of risk is lack of knowledge and education, so please... educate us all, those of you that have experience with this.

The landlord is a real estate attorney, and we are trying to set boundaries with him, but he seems to lack some common courtesy.

To be more clear as to what I'm trying to do:  I lack enough cash to put 20%+ on a down payment on an investment property, especially in the current flaming hot market of Phoenix.