Its all relative to your investment criteria @Michael Madden.

At 12:30 pm, my banker and I shook hands and I thought it was a done deal.Our realtor sent a "notice of fulfillment of financial condition" form by email for us to sign to send to the seller's realtor.

Last one I was reading lately was Shook v Walden, a Texas third court of appeals case.

My dad was born and raised on the other side of 485 (still own about 16 acres there) and the traffic has gotten maddening.  

I (blindly) said “okay” and shook his hand.At this point, something felt “off” about the project.

Losing this house over $50 is maddening, and it makes me wonder what I could do differently in the future.Thoughts or advice?

Some recessions are inflationary in nature, and then the fed puts the brakes on everything by increasing interest rates (70s-80's Jimmy Carter comes to mind).My point is that most of the time the average person is 'shook' out of their stocks by a massive drop.  

This publication, that publication, going in circles - it's maddening really.

@Christopher Madden Hi Christopher.

One broker shook his head in amazement, saying he'll pay me on the spot at $750K and flip it for $850K.One memorable side story is we got into a dispute with the buyer at the closing, something stupid, in Dec 2006, my wife wanted to walk out, I pleaded with her to stay saying the market will crash.