He bashes gurus while on the same breath selling his own books / materials.

TonyWell, if the bank excepts the offer (which I'm not holding my breath as they didn't last time with our contingent on inspection), the exit stategy would be if something more major was wrong with the house and if so, we could walk away.

I am looking for the guys who live and breathe this business with ACTUAL notches on their belts, rather than just completing the latest and greatest seminar (no offense, as I am a rookie too) to evaluate my proposed real estate strategy I'd like to begin implementing this week.

My "quality of life" needs to become more comfortable for me and my family and therefore I must take a second breath and build to leave a legacy behind. 

Buy for appreciation, pay off the mortgages, and breathe easy in your 60's.

Lesson learned is to appreciate life even as you are sucking for that last potential breath.

People smoke in garages, basements, standing in the doorway, and by breathing in your unit after they'e smoked outside.

Now that I've had some time to take a few deep breaths and count to 10...

Got our next rehab under contract this past week and was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

That delayed the foreclosure process somewhat and it gave me some breathing room but it was just delaying the inevitable.