However I stress positive cash Flow because so  many new investors miss the hidden costs of investing.

Doing a flip while having a full time job and a family can be pretty stressful. 

On a $1,500 rental, that's $5,000 lost plus all the stress and worry.

I can't stress enough the importance of having some wiggle room for when things break, and hopefully you'll be able to piece everything together to navigate the perfect storm.

I cannot stress enough the importance of having a large cash buyers list before you really put yourself out there to land deals.

It's also why when I give a talk or interview I always have to stress that this info is not the 'textbook' answer. 

Our value is measured financially, and the stats are that agents are worth the money we make, Yet, there is more than the money, and living a year longer because of less stress also has some sort of price tag that I don't know how to quantify. 

Don’t stress over it.

It did not really hurt us but could have saved a lot of stress if we had figured it out in the initial evaluation!

I should also stress that list price does not automatically mean value (ARV).