Comically bad amateur investors will always look at this behemoth loss and brush it off as "a silly investment mistake", when in reality, they just cost themselves their chance at becoming wealthy for the REST of their life.Keep in mind that this recession was spawned in one of the most dangerous ways: lots of industries that employed tens of millions suddenly stopped in a matter of 2 weeks.

I am also a RN so I recognize the danger we face here. 

I write this not to argue, not to convince, but to help those new to this REI world so they don't get hood-winked by the BS, especially such financially dangerous information as I have read on here.

Often they have dangerous breed dogs, evictions or other problems too.

Keep in mind there are just a few war zones in America that produced miracles.I bought a 3 and 1 in E PA in 1978 for 15k.. it was a DANGEROUS place.. 

I don't want to work in a dangerous environment until my last days.

@Jay Hinrichs started to warn people about the dangers of investing from out of state in D-class properties in Indianapolis a long time before everything came to light.

The really good liars are the most dangerous ones, and they are the most difficult to spot, of course.

In every state, we have the oh so wonderful SEC which protects people from dangerous investments but also keeps them from the best investments.

Nobody but us enjoys it, and it results in one of the two bad outcomes: either we confuse the heck out of investors, or they run away with a dangerous simplistic conclusion that Brandon/Michael/Ted/whoever else said Yes/No - when very rarely these debates have a yes-no conclusion.