Some can get away with education programs, while others need a 1-on-1 mentor to motivate them daily, hold their hand along the way, or kick them in the butt when they're slacking. 

As 2017 kicks off, I'm newly motivated to pull the trigger on my first of hopefully many rental property deals.I'm mostly looking at moderately distressed 3/2 SFRs in the Houston suburbs for buy and hold rentals.

It can take anywhere between 6-12 months for your first transaction, depending on your motivation.

That's where it gets interesting and motivating for those professionals.Happy investing!

At least 80% of the real estate brokers out there are either part-time, won't last the next 12 months, or aren't very motivated. 

If not, you need to be or they have no motivation to pay you on time and/or before their other bills. 

These folks are not really investors - they are motivated by paying less than it would cost for their child to reside in residence - and tend to overpay for the properties they acquire.To perpetuate the cycle, after their prodigy has finished university, these same parents expect to resell the house - to which they have affected no upgrades and little maintenance - for 5-10% more than the price they paid.  

Attorneys have low motivation unless they get paid by the hour and light you up in fees.

Everything Motivated said about Maricopa is correct.

Hopefully these obnoxious tenants will stop paying rent and then he will certainly have the motivation to get rid of them.