I'm NOT gonna risk my license, my reputation, my career for some shady BS for any seller wanting me to violate my duty to my clients so you can squeeze a few extra drops of blood from a rock. 

All the blood sweat and tears poured into the project to force appreciation tends to be overlooked.

I ended up owning about 250 of these.. and having to sell them off taking loss's virtually everyone of them it was a blood bath for us HML in 08 to 2010.. and not anything I want to ever repeat.. those that started lending HM post 2011 have had the rising tide great market situation but even with the good market people fail all the time for various reasons. 

The ones waiting for “blood in the streets” are missing real opportunities where the signal’s softer but still actionable—slower rent growth, rollover exposure, lack of capex flexibility, etc.

They're a blood suck on profit. 

Once they've tasted blood, there is no way to stop them.

We have parked outside units to figure out the comings and goings from time to time, but truth is it doesn't really matter and life is easier when you don't monitor it and let it raise your blood pressure. 

I will leave your with two of the most important aspects behind and visionary entrepreneur:1. always work in the shadows rather the spotlight, no one sees all the hard work, blood sweat and tears put into building an empire they only see the end result and either scold or praise you thereafter.

My blood is boiling.

Nearly 30 years in this business, I have not yet learned how to get Blood out of a turnip.