The victim mentality is self defeating .

I'm not big on trying one lousy piece of mail, admit defeat and move on.

Buying all cash defeats the point of real estate, may as well just buy an index fund.

sexy, if it's detracting from your quality of life, one could argue it defeats the purpose; I personally know investors that went from owning 60+ SFR's with debt to selling most doors in order to own a fraction of them free-and-clear for the peace of mind and ability to "sleep better at night."

Sometimes pressure is actually self-defeating, I think.

But enslaving Sparta defeated Athens anyway, despite Athens democracy.

I felt that I would have to "upgrade" in a few years which defeats the purpose of owning for at least a decade until technology/range increases.

First fact that defeats that, look up every down day or week in the DOW, then look up housing sales.

If within 6 months of purchase one of our lenders insists on going with the ORIGINAL appraisal… totally defeating the rehab improvement value made to the property.With that said, lenders will definitely flex their loan ‘buy criteria’ based on how much risk they perceive in the market in general, as well as various types of deals.  

But retail has trimmed physical footprint to defeat that---> yes, lot of store closing, but gov would say it'sretail/walgreens issue or Amazon issueI think people look at the wrong numbers sometimes, but yes in general jobless claims need to and will rise---->yes, more white collar job is affected but since they are rich in cash and rich in equity, that's not translateinto home price reduction so far.More and more evidence is showing that home price appreciation occured because of migration or transfer of wealthrather than the strength of local economy.