Remember this when you are shopping - you may have to eat that vacant unit for three or four months.

I'll share my approach here...it worked really really well...I made good friends with one of the guys at the local REIA and my wife went over to eat dinner with he and his wife (you can see where this is going hopefully).

Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy said his father told him "They can't eat you." when he had doubts early on starting his first company.

They will eat you alive faster than the big lawyers.Commercial buildings can have very long vacancies.

In a real crisis a loaf of bread is worth more than any precious metal because, after all, you can’t eat gold. 8)

(and especially if you never eat)Low prices, low rates, and all the subprime people frozen out of the market.It could be worse.Or actually, what I mean is that it is a very good time to be in real estate.

Find a starter lipstick rehab and go for it, don't underestimate repair estimates or patience, they'll both eat you alive.

I get calls from homeowners but the auction is always at most 7 days away and in order to get a deal structured and speak with the lender it all eats away at time.

In addition, I can't eat future profits or go snowboarding with principal paydown, so they really aren't relevant to today's situation.

You don't want to seem heartless, but on the same token, you get 2 of these attacks and the damage eats up any profit you would have for a year in renting.Then what if the violence goes to the point of murder?