I remember vividly trying to make sense of all this.

Steel and lumber prices were very vivid related.  

The author of the book Vivid Vision discusses how to establish goals to achieve the future you want.

Odds are you will do so before you get through the entirety of their interviews because you'll not only have a much more vivid vision for the direction you want to go in, but you'll begin to speak the language, understand the acquisition, lending, holding and rehab, property management, and market reintroduction processes you've been armed with from all the interviews.

Is that analysis paralysis, or just having vivid memories of the last few recessions?

They are vivid and succinct, and generate strong brand recall.

Bill I'm a guy who would much rather get n a boxing or MMA ring and fight then climb on a roller coaster however I vividly remember being with my two sons at a theme park and my youngest son urging me to take him on a ride.

Heck I vividly remember my wife being frustrated that every week I earned what she had as an employee in a year.

One thing I vividly remember about that March is being out to dinner with my friend who worked as an IBanker at one of the large investment firms the weekend before the Bear Stearns collapsed.

In my 30 years of real estate investing and 100's of houses bought, I will always remember my first most vividly. keep pushing forward... don't wait to start hunting for your next deal.