Regarding "I will buy in again when there's blood in the street" I have the same thinking.

Hi guys, just wanted to thank all of you again for all the suggestions.With blood and sweat :-) I got an extension approved (verbally only) and risked to go with the discussed dates, releasing HOA contingency before I actually got all needed answers... and got it it signed and sent to me literally at the very end of the next day after the settlement day (the seller was away and couldn't sign?)

These 2 things can definitely get your blood pumping and excited. 

But hey that's what creates real opportunity, the blood in the streets thing.My RE I did the same way, I bought heavy into the post 2008 RE wipe out, started acquiring CA properties at the end of 2010 through mid 2012, and then added some out of state properties shortly after that as West Coast prices had become to pricey for my liking.

When we first went into the unit, we found multiple bowling ball size holes in the walls, including seven in the kid's room with lots of blood splattered throughout. 

If the numbers don't work with those specs the deal may be thinner than it looks

The one thing I have found out is never say "I may" "I might " because to customers this sounds like a contract written in blood.

"You can't get Blood from a Stone."

But, usually brokerages need to keep feeding in new “blood” given the hire “failure” rate in this business.Direct message me if you want to chat.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Theodore Roosevelt