If someone "games" the system to get awards, that doesn't bother me, but its a little sad for them.

Sadly, despite what the gurus and late night infomercials might tell you, you aren't likely to make money in real estate without some money -- or lots of time and patience -- to begin with.I'm new to direct marketing, and there are hundreds of different things I want and need to try before I determine what my response rate and conversion rate likely are.For example, different sized envelopes/paper, color vs b/w, handwritten vs typed vs combination, biz card or no biz card, URL or just phone number, 100 different varieties of text/length of text/marketing angle, different color envelopes/paper, return address label on the front of the envelope or back, etc.I'll probably send 100,000 pieces before I know what works pretty well versus what doesn't work very well.

Kind of sad to see things getting better around here lately.

So are oil and gas ventures and businesses that you own but do not run or manage.If you think that CD's are passive and are a means to financial freedom, you are sadly mistaken.

Inviting strangers with problem properties to call you means that the lonely and crazy and irrational and angry (every variation of "sad") have your phone number and an invitation to call.

Myriad sad stories of hardship, life's unfairness and five move out date extensions after closing it was nasty, high drama and unsafe. 

And sadly, it's not about the crazy lawsuit anyway - it's about  the hopeful settlement that usually happens.   

The other sad part is the realtors. $10,000+ there. 

Just like the 1800s...sadly.

It has taken 3 years to get to this point with the seller and I don't want the person she is living with to literally kill her off to get the house which is sadly what I think is going on here.