I like joking around, it helps the pain a little bit.  

As many investors here on BP will attest to, obtaining bank financing for real estate projects can be a real pain.  

Doing your cash out refinance and using every dollar to service new dept leveraged in investment real estate will put you at risk to the economic cycle.I would plan all your investments based on best and worst case scenario, using the great recession as your worst case, if your plans succeed through a worst case scenario then that's a sound investment (you won't get a high a return because you will be leveraging a lot less, but you will be safe from going BK, losing all your investments and your current home).There are plenty of ALL-IN type investors, nothing to lose mentality investors, they all look like geniuses during the up cycles but they grow very quiet and disappear and go bust in the down cycles.

Overall I think their fee is reasonable at 3% but they still have a lot of growing pains as they're a startup.

That small of a margin can disappear quickly.

And sometimes you’re faced with a choice: is it possible to cash out of an ongoing project and avoid that painful slog while still turning a profit?

I had some minor surgery this morning and I am on pain meds, I have to train a guy the rest of the week also.  

The seller has been a real pain to deal with and refuses to give the tenant a move out notice.

I am currently driving for dollars but it has become a pain with a screaming infant and screaming toddler in the car so I figured I would try something else.

It is a pain to get rid of and does not add to your bottom line.