Lots of people during the crash burned through their savings by maintaining their livestyle and hoping that they would find a job soon.

2) How would you go about negotiating or arriving at a new/fair number?

Prices in Dallas, for example, are higher than they were in 2009 before the crash.

Once we arrived at an acceptable price all paperwork and communication was done through realtors that were paid 1% to do so.

I will arrive Thursday 15 OCTOBER.

The market crashing helped me a lot.    

I started buying properties shortly after the crash with my cash on hand and personal credit (option 1, up to 10 properties, although at the time it was hard to get more than 4).

Some have postulated that with the renminbi being devalued and the Chinese stock market 'crashing' (only back to Feb 2015 levels) that foreign investment from China would slow down but anecdotally at least we haven't heard that from our Chinese clients.

How are you arriving at the sale price in two years?

Essentially, I was carrying so much stress around, my brain and body would sort of short circuit and I'd end up with a full on seizure - the whole enchilada with a crash to the floor and muscular spasms and contractions for anywhere from 15 to 90 minutes.