I still have the 'buy bug' and am afraid I'll never lose it, but it is soooo nice having equity and not looking under rocks for the next deal anymore!  

@Kim Meredith HamptonFor the clawback part of the agreement what are good ways for the seller to feel comfortable with you and that you won’t be a bad manger and lose the contracts because of your service.

You may still lose money.

(so that you don’t lose your shirt)4.Learn how to turn your deal$ into ca$h.5.Is your marketing Working or Not?

A very kind investor on BP enlightened me about the opportunity i would lose by not investing that extra cash i was dumping into my principal.  

These types of loans are extremely safe to lenders, as they are certain you will make your payments, since you are at risk of losing your home if you don't.

Like a card player going into a game without sufficient reserves for a bad or misplayed hand, you need to bring money into this game or risk losing your shirt.

We had to foreclose and evict, and we got the property back several months later, now excessively damaged. 

In their minds they think something is a can't lose proposition but then after we talk their eyes are opened to the reality of a particular asset class.Those C to D areas you have to go in with the mindset that you might lose it all.

You have nothign to lose before you walk away.That being said, I wouldn't take "any" house just to get started.