Still, the most accurate predictor of mortgage defaults is unemployment and the longer it stays stubbornly high, the more distressed sellers you are going to have.

I may be to stubborn and narrowminded and missing opportunities now, but flipping homes doesn't meet my goals for example.   

I think it falls somewhere between tax collection, protecting hotels and just plain stubbornness. 

Partially due to my stubbornly sticking to my numbers. 

(disclosure:these days that's my wife so I get a discount, but I still think it's worth it)Mike J actually said the number one secret, drop the price every week or two, don't be stubborn about getting the rent you want.For example, if you think your property can rent for $1000/mo, that means you lose $250 every week its unrented (plus electricity of course).

It's shown me how dumb and greedy and stubborn people are in this game called real estate, which is actually just a game of mostly common sense.

He is a stubborn man and has only sold three properties in his life (one to me, one to a friend of a family, and that property). 

Instead, with bull-headed stubbornness, I decided to give real estate one more push.

I was stubborn.

THAT is my point.As long as you are good at lead generation you ABSOLUTELY CAN do this.It is sustainable doable as long as you do it right.Now, the reason why so many of you fail, is because you are stubborn, deviant, haters, lazy!