Years later, we realized what we missed out on by selling the ones we did as we'd have met our goal already if we'd have just dealt with the problems, minor in retrospect.  

In retrospect I should have foreseen this coming... but missed it.

Perhaps real estate purchases can only be seen to be poorly-timed in retrospect.

@Supreet Singh Sachdeva I am assuming that the data is retrospective.

I spent and not saved money.OVERALL: I did not save money, I did not learn as much as I envisioned--at least I don't feel that I have....and in retrospect, the majority of the time, I did not think about real estate much.

I'm doing a photo book, a retrospective/diary via Shutterfly.

In retrospect, we would have rather paid the $367 Cash Advance instead of requesting a research ticket because of which they are claiming we owe them $1321 more.

I griped at the time but in retrospect I was paid fairly and taught a valuable skill at the same time.  

I had a lot of misconceptions about what I'd be able to do, but moved quickly (too quickly, in retrospect) into an SDIRA to take advantage of a deal.

In retrospect I should not have bee surprised when after three months I received complaints from both tenants (within a day of each other) that the bills was too high and that the other unit is using way more water/electric/gas and the split is not fair.