Even if it takes them dealing with a little bad press, if they do the right thing, you are made whole and can move forward in a different direction.

In my very uneducated opinion, based merely on the lessons I have received in the streets and I must disclose that I watch/read zero news and don't own a TV, this isn't a buy and hold market in SoCal.

I first got the real estate bug as a child in the 80's, watching Donald Trump on TV.  

Obviously this agent hasn't been carting you around every Saturday like a  dramatic tv show.  

I think you may be hard pressed to find a duplex in the immediate JSQ area right now in that price range.

Every 3 hours I press A button on my phone and another craigslist ad goes to the top of the list to rent out one of my vacancies.  

The wealth of knowledge in these forums one would be hard pressed to match.

Location: professionally managed condo high rise (50 floors). The HOA fee includes basic cable (amongst other things). The mgmt company hired and negotiated a cable provider to service the entire complex. Service is s...

I think this tells the opposite story to a lot of the negative press.

It does show one thing, the personality for tv is not the same for one that does flipping.