For instance, if you had the million, invested some of it in the deal that required accreditation, and then the stock market fell or you put some of the remainder into a primary residence, so that you no longer meet the net worth requirement, does some alarm go off and they suddenly hand you your money back and show you the door?

Notice how prices fell and at the same time the inflation rose, and by about 1987 the two lines catch up with each other.

Will -Good question...The specific example Robyn uses (supposedly a true story) is of a roofing contractor who fell off a roof and died.

I got several estimates however the bank refused to renegotiate and the deal ultimately fell through.

I definitely don't regret it, but I also got a bit lucky in that nothing I wasn't expecting fell apart in those first couple years while I started saving for some of the deferred maintenance repairs. 

I know a surveyor who fell for this one, an engineer who dealt in RE.Remember the old "if it sounds to good to be true" if there is anything that you get into that costs you money to solve some issue that is customary, you're most likely had. :)

Just not giving up.As a child, everybody fell of their bike riding the first time, but does that mean they didnt ever ride a bike for the rest of their life?

Yes, I fell "victim" to the real estate gurus and their ridiculously expensive courses and I almost fell victim to the hype of the SDIRA.

I recently fell out of escrow on a property, where the seller did not want to do the necessary repairs to bring the property up to appraisal standards. 

Last week I was pretty annoyed that my wife told me they fell behind because I feel we bent over backwards.