People get scared if you look too much like a shark. 

Quotes ranged 1350-1520, all for six year warranty 40gal gas tanks.

Originally posted by @Amir Elias:A few local recommendations:  Check the forum for the monthly Shark Tank meeting held by @Brie Schmidt. 

I am placing last and best bid on home built in 1965 with septic tank.

if you can get long term fixed debt at todays rates for the next 15 years (I would never finance longer than that) even if the market tanks you will be fine as long as you cash flow with an adequate buffer, but you have no exit strategy if you need to get out, other than foreclosure. thats why I find it so important to have adequate equity up front, it is a hedge in the even you for some reason need to sell.

Property auctions are filled with sharks that can smell blood of a newbie in the water.The first few times you go, do not bring cash or any other way to purchase a property. 

Net worth is nice on paper, but you cant eat it, or put it in your gas tank.

If you ever watch shark tank the presenters put a certain value on their company for XX dollars.

When is the last time you called your bank to fix your hot water tank, or unclog your toilet?

I was licensed for about 10 years before the real estate market tanked.