And if you need more help with the anxiety, may I suggest the Midwest Center's program, "Attacking Anxiety and Depression"?

If markets remain depressed and illiquid longer than they anticipate, these funds could find themselves sitting on investments that fall further.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom to counter these depressing objections?

Now I'm not sure if we are doing the right thing with the market being so depressing for sellers.

Because see I learned many years ago in order to live the life that everyone wants, but few are willing to sacrifice for you have to be different.This is why for all of you who are having problems going to places like Dayton, Detroit, Cleveland, Indiana, Wisconsin a other depressed economys for whatever the reason tell me if you are not going to those places where are you going?

My most recent assessment of the retail sales market: prices are flat-to-depressed, but time on market and sales volume are up.

All 3 of these are fairly depressed markets with low incomes and high poverty rates.

"Strategic default" when you've got basically zero skin in the game can tend to depress neighborhood home values. 

If he gets ahead with his rent, we will keep it in reserves for the inevitable time when he slips back into another clinical depression and misses a payment or two.

I find if it's too gray it looks depressing to me.