But Nicholas thank you you reminded me I still have choices, i put over 5 offers on houses since February and still putting offers out and will continue to do so thank you for the advice!

I have to remind myself from time to time.. you did a good job breaking it  down.

Great reply and reminder for myself. 

Appreciate  the reminder!"

Thank you very much, your answer is very inspiring and reminding.

We resolved them by constantly reminding each other about the bigger picture (the profit we can make and how we can scale) and having full transparency.

Certainly not their fault - crimes are always the fault of the criminal, not the victim, but it is still baffling that he got away with it so long.I guess the upside maybe (for the industry, certainly not for the people he screwed, unfortunately) is that this is such a huge mess, so high profile in terms of our little corner of the investing world, that maybe it will serve as a reminder and a warning for a long time to come.

I have only done a few deals but the thing I constantly having to remind myself is R/E is a long game. 

Like when your wife asks which movie you want to go to tomorrow night and you remind her that you could go out to dinner or rock climbing or for drinks or to a play or to a game.

Kind of reminds me of a book I read by Steve Case (AOL CO-Founder) called The 3rd Wave.