It is just human nature. 

But another, bigger reason is that humans are social animals.

In my opinion 4 dogs won't do any more damage than 4 humans can do.

I let the numbers (and human nature)  speak for themselves. 

It's just human nature.

That curiosity of my inner soul to find the answers to why I lost everything & how could I have avoided or even make some from that crisis and that journey made me to land in an unchartered open territory as if I opened up the door of the secret society of Global Financial market which was unknown to me but exists in every generation in the human history.

Chicago many times those units your talking about are 2 flats... so 60 to 80k rehabs are not uncommon and like any other flipper they want to make 15 to 25k per deal.. just like any other human in the flipping business.. if people expect companies to do all this work to make 5k or something then they need to do it themselves. 

. :) And really, it was a humane meeting.

Actually, I was predicating this on 30% ROI, which is very achievable and is conservative on leveraged buy and hold investments in this area of the country.And this doesn't even consider the hit taken down the road when you pay taxes on at least some portion of your retirement accounts at ordinary income tax rates (accept for a Roth, but I don't think that is what is being contemplated here).I agree that this would be more appropriate for those under 55.However, if you believe tax rates will be materially higher in the future (most sentient humans think this will be true), paying the taxes now at lower rates will offset at least some of the penalty.

I guess I'm just trying to be a human while also trying to run a business.