That is different money.Or do you resist the urge or pass on great deals.

I had 2 listings recently where my quick-trigger finger was telling me to lower the price, but I resisted asking the owner for the price change and we sold for 98% of asking prices.

Texas is (I won't say immune.) highly resistant to the bubble or boom-and-bust phenomenon that occurs in many of the larger markets.  

This is a low-resistance lead generation magnet to get potential home sellers to raise their hands.For Open Houses, are you asking buyers straight up...

Resist the pitches.

Awesome to hear Account Closed keep that flame burning and go be great you deserve it!

It's amusing how the content of OP's opening post is normally flame-bait. 

Quite right @Jay Hinrichs, these are a dime a dozen in Chicago, and thus I didn't anticipate such resistance from investors.

You are already meeting resistance, so that does not bode well.

Those are what will point the right direction for you.The way you protect yourself from a market downturn is to vet the market to make sure it is resistant (i.e. not single industry as Detroit was), vet the neighborhood (improving?