This appears to be of no fault of mine, but could have been stopped in its tracks earlier had I paid attention to the warning signs instead of ignoring them because I wanted to do something else and it was not hurting me at that time.Yes, we are in control of all that happens, but we often do not realize what the consequences are of our choices until it is too late to change them.

I noticed that too - usually I would PM Josh with something like that, so it gets his attention.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

That's an example of due diligence, paying attention and looking for ways you can get the short end from something that is usually overlooked through the normal course of actions taken in a real estate transaction.

If you've been paying attention over the last week, you've noticed that gold has forged ahead to new levels.I was wondering what other people think--is this just gold continuing on it's upward (but sometimes halting) trajectory, or is it a larger signal that the other shoe is finally going to drop in terms of a deeper US or worldwide downturn?

However, the older I grow, medical attention becomes a greater concern.

I've paid attention to the posters on this website as well as followed the housing markets around the country.

Use the "report abuse" button in the lower right corner of the post to bring them to our attention.

However, now that I got your attention.

., when we finally evicted this tenant, the tenant in the back (as this was a duplex) moved out...we were now having to hold the property through rehab, which took way too long to finish (4 months)...yeah, it was that messed up...we learned a costly mistake...not periodically checking in on tenants...we should have...now we do...once a year...we started to "bleed", financially, we were also in the midst of a refi that fell through, and then my husband had a motorcycle accident, which then kept him out of work...we REALLY started to feel the pinch...that's when we started getting behind on our mortgage/s...and then it just got worse....our 2nd property all of a sudden got the attention of the city, and we were dragged into a hearing for a sub-standard on the property that we didn't even know existed during escrow (yes, again. we learned more about "due dilligence")...so, more money out of pocket, and another lost tenant.., now we were BLEEEEEDING...really borrowing from Peter to pay Paul...Well, if I go on, you'd think I were lying..In 2007 I had to now fight against our school district, because we have a special needs child, who was given an inappropriate education, for a year, and that cost money as well (to retain a atty.)...just too much...I ended up in the hospital, heart problems....of course, my husband took time off of work, more loss of income.