For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control."  2 Timothy 1:7You call yourself a mentor here, so DO BETTER. 

Of the two lead canidates one will increase consumer confidence and the other increases consumer fear. 

Fear of admitting they have a bummer until they get to a critical phase.7.

But if ya want a champions life, step it up, spit in fears face, stop making excuses and start making results.My favorite part of this post was how you finished with: "I won't rub your ego", after paragraphs of attempting to rub your own.

Those are the ones who most likely will be less hit by Special Assessment and, with the current "fear" in the market, are a good option to buy at a discounted price.

I'm a newbie and need to hear market predictions to quell my fears of buying my first property at this time.

As long as you have positive cash flow on a rental property, there shouldn't be any fear in pulling out equity. 

What are the common fears of investors who write checks to capital raisers? 

I have purchase properties in Texas with foundation problems that would make people run in fear in other parts of the country. 

Tenant B replied that he was tired of “this” and that he wanted his lease terminated because he feared for his safety.