I didn’t have a contract with me, so she agreed to meet me in the morning.The next day I arrived at my property to do a few touch-ups, always keeping a watchful eye out for her car.An hour later I saw her car in the driveway, and a gentleman left the house, got into his pickup and drove away.I went over to the house and knocked, the door was open and she was sitting on an old paint bucket.

Buy a 5 gallon bucket, one at a time and get the best pricing. 

However, if someone is wealthy and not looking for cash flow (because it would be a drop in the bucket), but rather to grow equity and probably hold onto a property for >> 30 years with plans to potentially hand it off to a child, is it OK then to accept a negative cash flow? 

Consider it like your purchase price was 12,000 higher and run your cash flow analysis with the upfront capex in a different bucket.

Honestly with how much you probably made on the flip, it'll be a drop in the bucket. congrats!

And I've got buckets for touchups in every property.

Usually it is retirees that are looking at is for an income stream to live off of before they kick the bucket.

I've been dropped right in a bucket of real estate once I got out to TX.  

Keep in mind they need you to believe that their fees are just a drop in the bucket of your potential earnings.

Don't waste time trying to create a deal where there is none.What if someone gave you a bucket of oysters and said there were 5 oysters with pearls?