It will make it extremely hard to compete with the investors who know how to run thinner margins and don’t require as much of a buffer but I highly doubt if they are putting up their homes as collateral if the deal goes bust.

I encourage lurkers, current investors who have had problems but are shy about coming forth, and future investors, to post about their experiences even at the risk of dealing with the different personalities involved, even if (male or female) they have "insert Donald Trump's blood quote here".I will update here after I get back on Monday. 

I thought you had to have a percentage of Hawaiian blood or married to a Hawaiian or is that an urban myth?  

I cut the cards, got a second job and paid off the debts through blood sweat and tears.  

He trusts me with everything, he is my brother (not blood), and that has been one of the dynamics that have allowed it to work.

Real estate gets in your blood in a way few if any other investments can.       

But realize that it may be like squeezing blood from a rock...

Two that immediately come to mind for me are dogs that can sense high/low blood sugars for people with diabetes and dogs that can alert their owners when they are about to have a seizure.

Overages with bob diamond of approximately $1,500 are too rich for my blood.

Blood in the streets will barely be a descriptive term,,,what will happen??