It ain’t easy.I might become a minor partner for a fourplex project in Optimist Park.

You still have your Due Diligence period in an As-Is deal, and as long as you make any price reduction requests within that time frame, then you are within your rights to (1) decide to move forward optimistically with the deal, (2) take a hike and get all your Earnest Money back, or (3) tell the hopeful sellers that you will walk if they don't drop the price into the realm of reality given the distressing discoveries of the inspection.    

Ultimately, I am a believer in the trickle-down effect, you can call me an optimist, - new jobs always positive momentum - maybe it will not triple or double home values, but it can certainly at least help preserve what exists and mitigate deterioration - if not Amazon, who will be the major job supplier in the defined municipalities ?

Sellers tend to be optimistic to help get the home sold.

I've seen people assume really optimistic figures for things like maintenance, legal, and insurance.  

I see similar reforms taking place in other high-tax countries such as New Zealand.In the medium-term, I am pessimistic about the economic prospects for the U.S. but in the long run I am quite optimistic.

It said,  "gold is for optimists, I'm investing in canned goods".

As I said back then, doing that is going to create a situation where it is impossible to price assets and until the Fed releases their hold on rates (and lets the market decide on where the rates should land), we won't have any idea how bad things can get.A few years ago, I was optimistic we could avoid the impending situation, but once interest rates began to be manipulated, all bets were off.This is why we need someone in office who isn't scared to slash budgets (including the taboo ones like Social Security, Medicare, Defense, Education, etc) -- unfortunately, the only serious candidate who would admit to being willing to do that (Ron Paul) doesn't have a shot to win.

Too new to that to make any definitive reports, but I am optimistic!

@Brandon Laughridge, your right on the money with price, and the forecasted vacancy rate is more optimistic that your estimate.