When I went it was just an overwhelming feeling of pretence, people not being genuine (waaaaayyy too nice), hiding their motives, and of course the classic "Ohh look at me, I am a rockstar hot shot investor, worship and admire me I know all". yada yada yada.

Your rental car is stolen while you're standing in the tall grass admiring your burnt-out husk, and a one-eyed squirrel with no tail mugs you while you are walking to the local bodega to ask through the bulletproof glass if you can use their phone to call a taxi, who laughs and hangs up on you when you give the location.  

I was great meeting you at the BP Conference and I completely admire your social media skills.

I don't have any questions for you, but I just wanted to say that I respect and admire your success and that you are proof positive that opportunity is out there for everyone. 

@Ryan Rush Your courage to share a setback is admirable.

Someone is unloading inventory in hope that OOS investors will admire numbers on the paper.

An admirable metric imocheers to another 10,000 baby 😎😎😎😎

I admire how quickly you've gotten to 58.

A commercial investor I admire stays within a specific neighborhood of Minneapolis.

I used to visit the properties after the completion of each rehab to admire the new look and show off the before/after pics to friends and family.