Any unbiased and rational individual with a better than below average iq can see through it. 

To be fair, I doubt that any rational person would say that I want a silver lining considering some of the concessions the buyer is asking me to make on top of the contingency I outlined in my orginal post--including a significantly reduced purchase price.

Most importantly, you have strangely rationalized bizarre reasons to give your personal information out and could have already harmed yourself and your family.

In historical terms, yesterday was little more than a blip on the screen.Hype, and not rational analysis is driving this stuff.

Without typing forever, I can only rationalize that Texas is what it is because of the oil and gas industry.

They rationalize with depreciation and pay down of the mortgage they are "profitable". 

It's a terrible deal that no rationalization can fix.Here are those numbers:$350,000                  Buy     7,500                   Closing & Rehab$357,500                  TOTAL Cost (81.25% ARV)$440,000                  ARV  $12,250                 DP (3.5%)$337,750                 Loan    $1,711.33            Mnthly Pmt (4.5%, 30 yrs)   $2,600                 Mthly Rent (2 x 1300)  ($2,735.41)           Monthly ExpensesResults (not good)($135.41)                Cash Flow/Mo (that's a NEGATIVE Cash FlowWhy would you pay out $2,735.41 every month to lose money?  

Don't let fear paralyze you - let ration and reason paralyze you.

Oh, that's right, except the other mishaps with no warning:Panic of early 1900'sGreat Depression (few decades later)Oil speculation in 70'sSavings and Loan '80'sTech company failures 90's[pulled from larouchepub.com]"the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 1,677 points (18%) in 11 trading days, falling below the level it hit in the aftermath of Sept. 11"ANDa complete surprise and "panic" which no rational human being saw coming....

My income is not great so my rations would be kind of high.