And a newbie Dollar Bob (man I love that phrase!)

Because since the GFC appraisers are known to be super conservative with their value estimates and they tend to use foreclosed comparable sales.We always justify our prices with a CMA that is pulled from the MLS (All comps are independent of any of our in-house sales) but we don't control what comps an appraiser will use and we are also not in the mafia business of manipulating a properties value...Buying using leverage or cash.Buying in your own back yard or on the other side of the world.You will need people to make it work.And at the end of the day it all comes down to trust.I ALWAYS tell every investor a simple phrase."

No matter what way you want to try phrasing it, there is no work around.

This phrase, "war zones".

It's the best unit of measure, unless someone else has a better answer.Win/Win is on often used phrase, but does not happen most of the time.

@Said Manar to piggyback on what some others have said, "Greater Orlando" is an excellent market, but that phrase encompasses many towns and cities that are not technically Orlando.

Your use of the phrase "an accepted and informed risk for a relatively high return [with good odds]" doesn't hold water.

Real estate is hyper local and there is a reason for the phrase “ location, location, location”.

It's just something Realtors say when trying to gloss over problems, and the phrase has entered the general lexicon.

That being the word "motivated" in the phrase "motivated sellers."