Then eliminate the word "defeat" from your vocabulary. 

Hopefully the option holder could get the sale reversed, but hopefully should not be in an investors vocabulary.

I already know how to get listings and I know all the real estate vocabulary mostly from books I have read, but I want to take the next step and be an intern at a firm that is real estate related.

Get study materials, CD's to listen to in the car, a friend to quiz you on the vocabulary.

Measure twice, cut once - same applies here too I think.In the end I learned a great deal about the importance of proper procedure and my kids learned a few new vocabulary words when I figured out what I had done......neighbors too.

I certainly didn't mean to come off as a "negative nancy", but as I'm sure has happened to a lot of us, frustration sets in at times leading to doubt, etc...HOWEVER, "QUIT" is not in my vocabulary, so I persist.

Keep "I don't want to" out of your vocabulary for the next decade or so, especially in the company of potential investors.

But the word perfect should not even be in the vocabulary..no such thing.

That's because you are learning the vocabulary, which takes time to understand.