I am about ready to retreat and let others be greedy for awhile.

If anything, they are more greedy than individual home sellers....

So, i know there are greedy landlords out there but in this case it was the tenants who had all the greed.  

Be greedy when others are fearful and be fearful when others are greedy"

The strategy is best described in Joel Greenblatt's fantastic book, and an outstanding practical guide and tool for executing it can be found over at the Magic Diligence website.You can do either (or both) of those using the "leverage" of Options, allowing for substantial upside potential compared to standard stock purchases, with dramatically reduced downside (if you want a no-hype education on Options, Erik Kobayashi-Solomon's book is great).Those with the patience and inclination can indeed use Option trading to make money in any market condition (Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and "Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb all spent time -- and made lots and lots of money -- as options traders in their careers).For even more leverage, you could of course do any of the above (and much more) on margin (meaning your brokerage lends you money to do the investment), though that's not something I would ever do personally.Also, if you focus on holding stocks (or options) for at least a year, you benefit from favorable tax treatment of the profits.

Oh and I have a very demanding full time job as an energy trader at an investment bank.  

It will show your buyer that you are not some greedy wholesaler and in turn, will rather do business with you.

Michael Hayworth outlined a Business Plan like we Traders have with Buying Penny Stocks.

How would I use my exit strategy when the sellers get greedy??

I'm interested in buying a few shares of stock and I just contacted my SDIRA and they put all kind of restrictions. "For starters, the stocks must be in form of a private placement (not publicly traded). The company ...