That is because others are constantly hunting for deals and putting in the time to find them before others or if others have found them the buyer pool is small so chances of winning the deal are better.Something exposed fully to the market in all ways that everyone knows about is very hard to win the deal without over paying.Either put in the time directly, find a partner who has time to do the things you do not, or you might want to look into investing with a syndicator as a passive investor.

Otherwise you'll be doing constant maintenance to it over the years.

is all a constant, never-ending negotiation.

Is it always a constant new crop or are there repeat visitors?

I have learned in life that way too many curve balls can get thrown at you, that you constantly have to re-evaluate those goals.One goal I would like to share, somewhat RE related, is to give away $50,000 to charity in 2018.

They eventually sold them to the college at a loss so the in house maintenance can do the constant fix ups. 

They had a lot of irons in the fire, they were constantly working the streets, fielding a lot of calls, etc.That wore me out.

I've been analyzing constantly, probably every house on the market in my price range.  

I’m constantly reading different posts to gain knowledge which I definitely enjoyed reading and learning from others experiences.

I found my mind constantly wandering, thinking about things that may happen 3 months down the road before I had even pulled the trigger on the purchase.