You talk about screwing people and use an assault as a metaphor.

Enough metaphors...starting to sound like Dr.

Let's use a non-real estate escrow example, drugs always make for fun metaphors. 

@Jason Eyerly I spoke metaphorically when I said "take it like a man" as opposed to acting like a weasel or a snake to dupe some unsuspecting "buyer" to overcome a loss.

Spoiler Alert: the Tortoise vs. the Hare metaphor is still accurate.Outside of tax advantaged (IRA) or free money (401k assuming match)  once these are maxed than pursuing more  hare like techniques may be advisable under the right circumstances.

I use that metaphor with in regards to my buy and hold business. 

Road trip metaphor: You want a large format road map to get from NY to SF.

Ok... enough metaphors, but, NOT what i envisioned during my business classes in college.

To make a play on the putting the cart before the horse metaphor, I was getting the cart and hoping that the horse would appear.Great advice, thank youKathryn

That $60k metaphorical house I mentioned could still be a great deal!