And then there are professional (or should I say habitual) risk takers, who lose money, but get to keep everything....including their secretaries.We never know all the details, so who are we to judge?

The first mortgage has the legal right to foreclose on the property for non-payment and the buyer will probably lose the purchase price and the rights to the property.

Not all deals work out and if you are relying on a Heloc to finance your deals and one goes bad you could lose all that sweat equity.

I'm not willing to lose this deal and I have financing lined up and the building under contract to close in about 40 days on Feb 28th.

Best of luck to you on your real estate ventures.

I have been having fun with the realtors by telling them "I'm not here to see the house, I am here to see you", then I launch in to a conversation about my upcoming business venture.

I'm a single mom of two, so doing things right the first time is uber important to me as I can't afford to lose because of errors.My goal is to work my full time job for one more full year and then to work real estate investing full time.

I have 2 properties in Portugal and I dont get the most of them and sometimes I lose money because I am not there.

We are under a joint venture agreement with a construction company that will build homes on these lots.

Procrastination causes you to lose the determination.