The most obvious items listing agents are supposed to disclose are "adverse material facts," such as the roof is Swiss cheese or the house sits on a sinkhole.But what is required and what agents should do can be a very different thing.

I am humble enough to understand my shortcomings but hungry enough to overcome them.

If you give the seller a unrealistic expectation you will need to overcome that later or lose the deal!

If you are risk adverse real estate, (especially out of state) is not for you.

Now if you have illegal plumbing and other things, it might get messier.The basement is likely not going to fly, as there are usually structural issues with egress and natural light that might be difficult to overcome.  

We had the long discussion on BP on adverse possession over it.

This helped me TREMENDOUSLY overcome my personal analysis paralysis. 

Creative Investing is all about overcoming obstacles and working around obstructions, essentially where I'm getting at is that you don't need any capital to get into the game.

SchoolsOn top of having good public schools for our kids to attend, my wife used to be a teacher and is currently an assistant principle, so a state/municipality that values our educators in terms of how they treat and compensate them is also important for usBoth the Tampa and Fort Myers areas are relatively affordable, Hawaii ...yeah, not so much, but I believe we can overcome that obstacle (more on that below).

Just wondered if anyone has felt the same and overcome to become really successful or satisfied with where there at in life.