I shook my crystal ball and when the white particles settled, it said "Merry Christmas!" 

This is what makes it so maddening for me.

at another place the guts of the unit were gone, and all that remained was the steel case and a big whole.At another place there was this hunker 18,000 btu window unit that actually shook the wall when starting and stopping and make a lot of noise otherwise.The modern wall units, not window units mounted thru the wall are the way to go.

I'm a buy/hold investor and rehabber, and I just "hand shook" on a deal to restore my brother's property and help him rebuild his retirement income/legacy to his children.

However, I have been seeing trends in what I called a slow down, then a correction, then recession...and I listened to a podcast today from a woman and man who I think are the brightest minds in reading the REAL data in real estate and they shook my tree.https://www.realwealthnetwork.com/learn/real-wealt...  

Trying to cross it during rush hour is maddening.  

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One guy from craigslist showed up two hours late, shook his head and said "I hope you got a smokin deal on this place", as if he'd never seen a project house before.  

DF just shook the fraudulent loans out,  IE the stated income loans.  

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