And that may be fine as there is more to life than making money, but money sure is nice.They lack the attributes, drive, education, social skills, technical proficiency to be more successful, it's not the industry, it's more about human nature. :)

By nature, I'm a little cautious and I need to know what's going on out there in the world before I play the game.

Naturally, it seems like the best deals are to be found in a down market, so I'm not sure what to do...

The action would have to be legal in nature, the path of which is unclear and is rooted in how they purchased the property either through standard sale or through an installment contract like contract for deed. 6.

The quality of the information and the precise nature of your comments makes me wonder whether you walked this house!

They are similar in nature to a gross rent multiplier in multi-family deals, which is a more straight forward metric, in my opinion. 

My CPA happens to be a real estate investor as well and is naturally very familiar with the tax code related to real estate and became a great adviser for me and someone to bounce off ideas.As my portfolio kept growing keeping track of income and expenses became more and more an issue.

That was both fair and almost impossible to contest, by nature of the formula.

A real estate cycle is a natural occurring up and down of home prices in a given area.

I don't care if you personally think that you wouldn't treat me differently based on my first impression, I'm in sales and witnessed through my own experience the natural animal reaction that people have to me based on how I act.