The bad one was when someone quoted me a price that was triple what the other contractors quoted me.

People aren't doubling and tripling their income because it doesn't work.I've sold apartment building for a long, long time and many of these investors are worth more than $50 million.

Assuming that you're not talking about a residential type commercial building and are instead talking about an office/retail/industrial building, these are typically rented on a "triple net lease".

If you don't need the cash flow, then you'll ALWAYs be able to buy more properties, have less invested in equity, and benefit double or triple in appreciation and creating real wealth and pay less or no taxes.

I can buy the same great discounted properties you do for same investment and have double or triple the # of properties you'll have.

I'll be amazed if the US manages to maintain its Triple AAA Credit Rating during 2009.

"To be frank, since the TARP money came in, they are still selling off (properties at auction), but they kind of took a step back." . . .Real Estate Disposition LLC (REDC), which claims to be the nation's largest real estate auction company, held 300 ballroom auctions in 2008 and sold nearly 33,000 foreclosed homes for $3.4 billion -- a seven-fold increase in sales volume and nearly triple the proceeds the company generated in 2007.Company CEO Jeffrey Frieden said he expects to "smash that record" this year as banks and lenders continue to amass a huge inventory of foreclosed homes and are more motivated than ever to sell their inventory. . . .Some observers fear that if the massive amount of debt the government is taking on to stimulate a recovery, inflation -- and higher interest rates -- are inevitable consequences.

Triple net?

I have never seen any investment with OE at 17% unless it was a retail strip center which was an absolute net or triple net lease.

@Kevin ZhangRental market is on fire my friend:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/621/topics/590913-rent-growth-in-sacramento-is-triple-the-national-averageRental growth rate is triple the national average.