I learned a lot and also lost a huge amount of time having fun.Can we please forget about the evil in this world and can someone tell me how to find real comps without using the MLS??????

So you lost the Duplex.  

I treat all things in life as an experiment and to make myself not beat myself up over the "lost profit", I began to consider profits as a gauge on whether or not I'm winning in this GAME.

Have you seen many jobs lost or any tightening of the economy from the oil slow down? 

Very helpful, but I have to admit I was a little lost with some of the terms!

Still with the same group.We lost one member, who wasn't really focusing like she should've.We've been together for a year, and we're all starting to see ENORMOUS success; way more than had we tackled it on our own.We use Zoom

If the lender doesn't approve the loan, you'll lose your EM without the financing contingency, but the seller has lost the time you're had the property under contract.   

I googled it and the neighborhood didn't look all that bad, but I did see that from the history the property was originally purchased for way too much in 2007 and it lost almost half the value.

Phill only owed me for one month, plus option fee, 12k, so no big deal I thought, he would pay me, because he moved all his stuff in my building.But several days later, I received a letter from Pay Pal that funds got cancelled again and my account was 2k negative.Only after 1.5 month I realized that I was dealing with a professional cone artist.I filed for an eviction, he didn't show up in court, we changed the locks, kept all his ''junk'' in my building for 30 days and then I hired movers who removed it for 1k.Damage: lost rent and utilities for 3 months 8k, attorneys and eviction fees 1k, 1k to movers, (potential option fee of 20k), plus my time.I learned a very good lesson, if a tenant or buyer can't provide you with their financials, there is something wrong.

From a durability viewpoint, I've lost most of my enthusiasm -- there are so many variables to getting a good install.