No different if you were buying the last sports car on the lot, paperwork filled out...and I wanted it, and I paid you a fee to let me buy it instead.Please read up on the laws of wholesaling options in your state. 

So either your bubble is bursting faster than here or you were uniquely under pressure from costs and had to move very quickly.

Im 30yo live in Indiana and am in a unique position.

I enjoy sports, playing guitar, and the beach.I have completed the 135 hour real estate salesperson course through Rockwell Institute, and really felt like I learned a lot.

They normally just have a tax preparer (which is basically just inputing the information). 85% of accountants just prepare taxes and don't actually find unique loop holes and ways to reduce the investors taxable income.

The point is: other investors don't need to agree with your strategy, because it is uniquely your strategy.

Vail is unique, the people that fly their private jets in still came and still dropped $10k/week for a ski vacation. 

Work, sports on the weekends with my little guy, and family time in general ...

I am not trying to say that job loss is a leading indicator, but rather pointing out that this period in history is very unique.

So, I'm a new poster here, but have worked in the mortgage industry for the past 18 years, as well as pursued my own RE investments (good and bad)... to previous points in the thread, I've always been fond of the thought that, after 2008, "Closing loans is a team sport"...it takes many hands to make a deal work in and around the actual loan.