Thank you @Kate Stoermer Totally agree.

The sheriff was unable to talk her into leaving, they needed bolt cutters to cut the chain and carried her kicking and screaming out of the house.   

This screams recession/depression.

@Casey Roman imo unless you have a screaming good deal or can get 100% financing, cash flow on day 1 and plan on holding for life, I would be investing in REIT’s right now.

I have been hearing that Broken Bow is hard to turn a profit right now unless it's a screaming deal.

Many people here start screaming "CAPEX!"

You gave Joe 3 months and he didn't sell you a home, that's on him.(2) As addendum to #1, I'd say it's fair/reasonable to buy with Realtor Fred, not Jane or Joe,  even if you've never viewed a house with Realtor Fred, if and only if Realtor Fred in the meantime finds you some screaming deal that Jane or Joe wouldn't have had access to because it's not on the MLS, or any websites, and it's from Realtor Fred's personal connections / network / marketing / whatever. 

These are deals with absolutely no chance I could’ve closed when I was new, and the situations are unique to every deal, so there’s no way you could teach all of it in any type of course - and ‘How to help the seller break up a brutal dog fight in the front yard while the neighbor comes out screaming “I got a gun!

3)   I have a little saying.. you have 5 minutes to freak out, yell, scream, cuss, whatever, then get over it, deal with it, fix it.. move on.. you can't stress yourself out, bad stuff will happen-- guarantee.  

Some folk go for dark (black) which can look striking but it screams "rental unit" in my book.