As a result I can suffer severe rent decreases, and still not have to “feed the alligator”.4- I keep a heavy amount of money invested in Vanguard Money Market Fund.  

the main risk for those you mentioned is Reputation and I think investors especially heavy BP followers rely on reputation bias quite a bit.

We were helping a friend renovate a house which had been home to a heavy smoker: one room was so bad - owner had smoked in the same chair for 30 years - that we had to replace the sheet rock on the walls and ceiling.There have been some studies in the past few years showing that the chemicals from cigarette smoke, even when encapsulated with paint, eventually come to the surface exposing future residents, in particular young children.  

Yes, you can get rid of cat urine it just takes elbow grease, heavy cleaning, and possibly new flooring in select rooms.

I get to work with a lot of heavy equipment and power tools in my current job. 

Real estate is an amazing vehicle to pave your way to success!

Real estate is a long-term wealth vehicle, and overall, I would be cautious about how you define overpriced.

I was never really mad about this situation until I started to understand the buyers are likely going to get some money and I am going to come out of pocket pretty heavy.

This will depend on a lot of factors, I am seeing the floor rate at 6.75% with a heavy buy down and as high as 10% with heavy loan level pricing adjustments. 

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.