I'm quickly learning that I have to keep my emotions out of it.

She is an immigrant, and I'm not sure she would have even understood what a broker/buyer agreement is.The second couple were so young, that they got caught up in the emotions of being "interrogated" by the mortgage broker.I can see how I could have had a "stronger relationship" with them, where they would have turned to me, instead of "running away".

However, the criticisms are well-developed (albeit sometimes emotional), and backed with research.

The Singapore real estate market is fascinating, actually, but that's another topic for another time :)Mainly I'm starting to look at investing in the US because of the weakening US dollar, and because of long term issues to do with education and national service issues for our 3 year old son.

The reason I chimed in on this post was because I have seen people have consistently terrible results, when they let emotion rule their investing.

You must be emotionally prepared to walk at any time, if you are truly looking for the best deal.What is the reason for using a realtor?

Luckily with commercial there tends to be less of an "emotional" or "fair market" factor to the valuation of the property in that valuation is often directly tied to it's cashflow performance so the bank will have a greater probability of not let you refi to a level that the property becomes a negative performer.

If you have the resources to jump into wholesaling and can make it work, more power to you. but, a college experience is valuable too, both for your emotional growth and for a degree to fall back on.

Do not get emotionally involved.

I'm not going to get emotional about this here because he was a southern Illinois german protestant and we're not about emotions as much as we are the end results and what can be learned.