Many will say this is crazy but if I am spending tens of thousands of dollars I am not spending 30 minutes and making the decision on the flip of a coin.

If you sell the property (regardless of whom to), you will pay all the fees and transfer taxes associated with that sale - likely thousands of dollars.  

I've always tried to focus every dollar on the next purchase.

Inflation adjusted his $3,000 per house was $400 in 1950 dollars.  

When you're spending hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars on the construction of a project trying to cut $30k-$40k is arguably negligible. 

By the end of the book readers will be able to:Think a Million: Develop the financial literacy and mindset of a millionaire investorBuy a Million: Amass a real estate portfolio with a market value of a million dollars or moreOwn a Million: Turn investments into an asset-based business with ever-increasing net worthReceive a Million: Build an investment empire that provides a million dollars a year in passive income

A trust saved me from losing a 3.2-million-dollar property years ago.

Great.I am going to offer you 20 cents on the dollar for your house.

Every dollar lost to operating costs means one less dollar for you to live on.

They put their old hand me down furniture and cheap plastic Dollar Tree kitchen utensils in there, pass off the management to Vacasa or Evolve, and expected to make a killing.