If the market is soft then you are in a hole so timing is everything.

It is apparent that he didn’t do his due diligence to well handle the purchase process and didn’t disclose the sufficient information to us before our purchase.

If you know your credit score you quote it to the potential lenders and they can provide conditional quotes and/or do a soft inquiry. 

I just donate to the homeless or goodwill, along with towels.

Cheap market, but the fees/additional soft expenses drive me crazy, and you always see them at the VERY END!

So a small problem like a leaky sink which could of been fixed by a plumber easily now is a flooded kitchen before you get a call because the tenant was trying to save $100 and was ok with keeping a bucket or towel under the leak.

There is also the soft heart aspect of this for me, where the buyer is a single mother with two children and this will be her first house. 

There is also the soft heart aspect of this for me, where the buyer is a single mother with two children and this will be her first house. 

I like the Wack a Mole analogy.. if I think back on my career in this game that started in 75.there were all distinct and different events that perpetuated a slow down or price compression in real estate75.... coming out of VN war  soft economy83 - 85  sky high mortgage and interest rates  ( SL crisis  but a lot of money was made picking up those deals)89 to 92  in bay area  Earth quake and war.. prices in SF and bay area compressed 20 to 50%  ( we have short memories.) but that was also pre high tech.2000  dot com bomb  short lived 2001  Bin laden short lived07 to 2011  global credit crisis worse i have ever seen or I think any one basically living ever saw.. worse than great depression in many areas...

You still won’t throw in the towel huh?