The same sentiment was 5x worse from people who did not live or invest in the Bay Area but felt they were somehow “uniquely qualified” to opine on the Bay Area market especially how it was a horrible place to live and had a dark future ahead.

Austin has horrible homeless.

I just had my annual appt with my tax guy and he advised now is a HORRIBLE time to get into real estate and that I'm better off in stocks.

400-500 credit score is horrible.  

I agree, it is a horrible process for buyers. 

Quote from @John Andrews: Arturo,I am doing my first deal with them in Pittsburg and will let you know how it goes.JR I'm willing to bet it went horribly 

By COC standard's this place is a horrible "deal" to ever get roped into, right. 

Let me preface this by saying my wife and I are real estate newbies, so this idea might be horrible.

I bought a property that was horribly mismanaged for around $450,000 that would not have supported financing with its numbers but have turned it around in 10 months and am doing a partial cash out refinance currently on it to allow me plenty of cash flow still but also cash for my next investment.

You understand that booting a tenant paying $850 to get $900 is a horrible idea.