I am upfront in general requirements with people before they complete (Monthly income of 3X, reasonably good credit, clean criminal background) so that they are not needlessly wasting their money nor my time. 

However, if you are going to build condos or townhouse or apartments, you might still need to trench everything to get larger supply and waste lines along with more power onto the site. 

I wasted a lot of time thinking things would get better soon.

I wasted a lot of time thinking things would get better soon.

More than anything else, it is poor etiquette to waste the seller's time with offers if you can't conclude the sale. 

I would venture a guess that a slight cooling of the market or change in real estate (natural market cycle) would effect the higher priced homes first.  

I feel that I allowed my clouded dreams of the corporate ladder to waste so much of my time; and I will always teach a different strategy.

well then I just wasted  7 minutes of my life typing that reply. 

The way the VA allows us to buy properties is a huge benefit and I'm surprised more vets don't utilize their benefit as effectively as they should.  

It takes effect October 3.