Not worth a $40,000 dollar mistake. 

Makes total sense. 20 years ago Buffet said he did not understand how Amazon was worth even $10 a share. 20 years later he bought some at $1700 a share and said he made a big mistake 20 years back. 

I can say one mistake I made was while buying in great neighborhoods (up and coming) I lost equity on two where we bought on a busier street.

Action will always trump inaction - I have made mistakes, but this deal has taught me a ton, AND we are making money on the deal.

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That was a huge mistake as they wanted roof replacement & grass cut. $6k for roof, $1200 to cut the grass on 10,000 sqft lot.

What happens if you sell a property to invest somewhere else and make a mistake?

I put my criteria clearly in the listing: 3x income over rent, 85% on-time payment history on credit report, and good references from past landlord.The biggest mistake you can make is taking the word of a current landlord.

Yes, it's easy to ask you these questions after the fact, but you won't succeed unless you carefully review your mistakes and learn from them.Not sure I agree with your statement, "RTR knew they’d messed up".

Your agent should be able to connect you to a lender that would have experience with the VA process.Quick primer on VA loans.https://www.va.gov/housing-***...One of the things I did since my first purchase was to write down in a log all the mistakes I made with each  property.