You don't want to distract the buyers from the house with too many items or stuff.

Let's ignore the package of or individual SFHs for the moment though, since that is a little more complicated and seems to have been a distraction.

These minor details are the kind that distract people from the path of success. 

Understand you have great equity position but it is expensive, but more importantly  takes a lot of time and very distracting from other money making activities to foreclose.

Don’t let the “know it alls” and “ that ain’t going to work” types distract you.

By the time I got to that point the cost and time involvement was so high I decided it was a distraction to what was already working.  

@Jonah Gunalda you fit the profile of a large segment of the passive investing community--someone who has a good income from something they are really good at, and would like exposure to real estate in their investment portfolio without distracting them from that very vocation that put them in the position to make such an investment in the first place.There probably isn't a "typical" profile of folks who do not and would not invest in syndications. 

Expect to spend a considerable amount of your time speaking to people.Expect to work dozens of hours/week with little to no immediate result.Expect most of your early interest from potential clients to come from your sphere of influence.Expect to go 3-6 months without getting paid (unless you do rentals which usually pay faster)Expect to be bombarded with distractions - mainly, people/companies marketing to you so that you choose their system for quick and easy buyer or seller leads.

This is by far profound and i knew this at the outset of my journey - but its easy to get distracted along the way.  

Try not to get too distracted on flipping, STR, MTR, etc.