It's very common for sellers to provide bad infor to brokers.  

Really surprisingly bad reporting.  

@V.G Jason,I'm not at all suggesting making bad investments.

.- 3rd Thursday - Folsom Out of Bounds (date may change for the months of Nov and Dec) Meetup Link  @Kevin Gleave- 3rd or 4th Wednesday - Citrus Heights Real Estate Round Table (CH Cafe & Grill) - they recently relaunched and stabilizing the schedule Meetup Link- 4th Tuesday - West Sacramento Real Estate Meetup (date may change if there is a holiday the week of that month) Check Meetup LinkI'm working on putting together a dynamic google doc listing current Link to Each meetup event with speaker and registration links.  

Quote from @Jake Andronico: @Alan AsriantsReally not that bad (in my experience), and most people aren't willing to do it.

Any good or bad experience you had with them?  

If you do not have liquidity keeping money liquid in stocks has value, whereas if you do not need the liquidity then yes recasting the mortgage may not be a bad idea. 

When it becomes exploitative as it has with China, it's bad and defensive actions are required.

I am really inspired by people who a take something that 95% of other investors would pass on and make it work exclusively for them through sheer will and creativity even with bad market conditions.

Lexington is bad too, but not nearly as bad as Richland County.