The greatest and most educational mistake I have learned in my real estate investing career would be on a property that I found driving neighborhoods, I had some cash and found the owner in another part of the state, I made contact with the owner via phone, at the personal meeting I made a offer for the purchase of the property, we wrote it out on a notebook paper, both signed and had a witness, the owner of the diner to sign, legal binding contract at this point. a mortgage person that I have worked with before was brought on board and was all set to do the deal, i was all ready to go and I asked if we could close in less than 30 days, he said no problems and asked why so fast, I proceeded to share information with him about the property and how it could be divided and was already zoned for multifamily buildings, ie 4, 4 plex's.and that the contract would expire after 30 days because the deal I put together was, 5k down, close in 30. the guy turned around and started dragging his feet, until the point I lost the deal. a week after I lost the contract I went by the property and found out that he and his father inlaw purchased the property right after I lost my money.

Now on derivatives, any half wit or better in the financial investment sector will ALWAYS speak to the significant risk factor and volatility to ANY derivatives investing, ANY.

They either buy the wrong homes (the only ones that they can afford) or, once they buy the homes, they have no funds left to upgrade the homes with the features that renters want.The vacation homes that I witness with positive cash flows (some with 20%+ returns on cash) are in highly desirable locations, and the homes have most, if not all, of the amenities that renters want.

But for every “bad” thing that I witnessed, I also witnessed a lot of “good” things.

They look or use eye witness accounts to determine the dog, and more often than not the dog determination is wrong.Statistically, Golden Retrievers have a worse temperament than a pit bull, meaning they are more likely to bite more frequently.

Witnesses reported seeing a man get out of a black vehicle and open fire outside of the school on Paulina at Diversey around 5:35 p.m.

To wit, most of us don't want to see our friends and family succeed. 

I hope you're right, but in my opinion, that's just really simply not logical.I'm old enough that I've witnessed several crashes. 

Offers were signed via docusign, final documents at closing, I had to get a lawyer locally to go through the documents and witness my signature and in the area where the property was located (different province). 

LOLI really don't know man, I think I am at my wits end.