I’m brand new here, got the recommendation to join this site through a book I listened to on the way to work today.

Losing out on a deal that's under contract because people on your team couldn't close on time is not a great feeling.

If you sit empty for one month, you lose $1250 for PITI, plus utilities and any other expenses.

I’m benefiting from being really close to the site of the soon to be finished Obama library. 

Pivoting isn’t losing, it’s strategic.

About 80% of the ones I've seen have fallen through, and many of those were losing deals for the seller.

He wanted to make renovations, depending on the extent, was told he might lose the grandfathering.

USD is definitely losing ground in the value dept to bitcoin.

The website 51west.properties also scores low on scam advisor ("owner is using a service to hide their identity, high number of suspicious websites on the server, registrar has a high % of spammers and fraud sites, website is (very) young, website appears to be hosted by a company with a bad reputation", all according to https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/51west.properties...)Trust your instincts. 

Scour every home site available and even sites that are not know for home sales, but sales in general - you may be surprised.