Purchase price: $59,900 Cash invested: $300 23.5 acres of wooded land on a state highway, comercially zoned, was overgrown for 18 years spent many hours clearing out property to make it suitable for recreational activities.

Pick that one. 

Some lenders will try and avoid paying you by denying the client at the last minute then picking them back up again at a later date.#11- Check to see if your Private Money Lender or group of individuals are actually Accredited Investors per the federal government criteria.

You can pick up a 3-4 bedroom in San Tan Valley for 400k.  

I have paid out similar claims, so just need a lawyer to pick up the case. 

Multifamily can be slim pickings in some markets and getting creative with SFHs has served me well so far. 

Then it is unlikely that you will be picking up a triplex. 

If you want to worry, of course, then by all means you should enjoy yourself; there's certainly no shortage of news items you could pick on which to feel distressed :)

But I grew up in Delaware going to the beach every summer, and still prefer the beach if I had to pick my favorite vacation spot.  

Another awesome meetup is the Bad *** Real Estate Investors group - there's a coffee one and a beer one, so pick your poison!