I am always too optimistic.

While home buyers are definitely hurting, we continue to see 3 kinds of investors:1) The optimist - they keep buying, haven’t changed a strategy, take increasingly higher risk with every purchase. 2) The doomsday believers - hoarding cash, stopped all buying, trying to “time the market”. 3) The adaptive investors - coming up with new strategies, hedging their bets, shifting asset classes, doing less deals but cherry pick the best ones.

Johnny, ever the optimist replies, "Because there must be a pony!"

After PMI, a wild guess at your cash flow would be as much as $100/month, and even that may be optimistic.

The discount off retail adds up with 6...even if your realtor is over optimistic.

The eternal optimist in me needs a reality check from time to time!

While everyone likes to be optimistic about the deal the day the contract is signed, I can't count the number of times I've looked back a few weeks later and wished I had gotten a whole lot more earnest money.3.

My specific goal is to acquire 10 properties over the next 5 years although I am not experienced enough to determine if this is overly optimistic given current conditions.

She would tell us you are a dreamer who is overly optimistic.

Markets are down and worry is up so it's a good time to invest in the stock market.Real estate is up and I'm optimistic it will continue.I say it's all dependent on where you find the best deal.