They hire good people who are well-intentioned and create a boiler room like mentality where projects are pushed hard.  

We have tons of flip ready flooded homes from 2011 that many are too hesitant to buy or fix up because it's the second time the area has been flooded (first time in 60s, and City has bought out with new plans and prevention, but buyers still weary of mold/foundations etc)It's a very option versatile house/market, i would love to rent it but hard cash and we're Young with current mortgage on our home with HE credit lines out this last year or so to get our Corp and everything setup and our subscriptions/dues etc for our accountant/attorney packages,education, marketing, and expanding our tools/equipment for the contractor work we do ourselves.

The letter from the tenant speaks volumes about her mentality.

Very happy my negotiation skills and improvement of firmness (because of the I don't need it that badly type of mentality). 

I believe I have a better 'approach' than this "buy -n- hold" mentality that remains almost entirely beholden to whims of a highly controlled and regulated "casino play..." just like the rest of their "what goes UP, must come down, roller coaster" games.

It's the pay-it-forward mentality within this community. 

But being prepared for pre-apocolypse is mental masturbation IMO.

I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality; therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.Third I know through the principle of autosuggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of SELF CONFIDENCE.Fourth, I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.Fifth.

Seriously, this partisan bandwagon mentality drives me INSANE.

I appreciate diversification and while I agree that to get a 20% COC return it will be highly leveraged, thus greatly increasing risk and that appreciation should be treated like a cherry on top rather than as a guarantee, real estate is versatile.