., this overlay simply slapped a dirty used bandage on a gunshot wound. 

I'll lick my wounds and onto the next successful one!

Delicia, honestly, these are stories we don't see too often on the forums because most people just lick their wounds and take the hit, in private. 

While he and his buddies wound up delivering in some areas, sadly they fell short on most.

We just stay away from areas that don't show signs of growth or such. when i started HML in Detroit in 2002  the values were right in line with teh 2017 to 2018 values you have in this chart.. then the GFC hit and those homes went down to the 2012 values in your chart along with many other markets that did the same thing. so time heals all real estate wounds it depends when you bought. 

Some even work at places that make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, or similar, every time they fund a VA loan.Spouse can satisfy the occupancy requirement.

Time can heal many but not all wounds in real estate.Is it too early to be looking for the next one?

Then you can learn to underwrite deals properly together with financing etc.It is likely that someone in the team wound be licensed so the company can have MLS access and can represent themselves.

@Eugene Rogachevsky Condo's do have its own risk and I am really not trying to get wound up by HOA dues which can be a perennial thorn and cash flow killer.

The property I wound up purchasing was one a three a single seller was unloading.