But the seller only believed his gut, didn't think prices jumped that much, insisted the price should still be around $150K.

It never occurred to me to ask the seller to pay for a repair after I owned the house.I'm an agent, and I insist that my buyers get a home inspection when they make a purchase - or sign a document stating they chose not to against my advice.

Why do you insist on changing the narrative?

But you insist there are not higher returns to be had through leverage.

We had $50K for our second triplex, but she insisted on putting $50K into it, $100K down on a $180K property.

Even when I quoted him he insists I haven’t read his posts.

In 2006 I was living in LA and the real estate prices were going up fast and the mortgage rates were low and everyone around me insisted it would continue because the job market and the CA economy was strong and the weather was great. 

First, Fannie Mae would not allow me to get title insurance through the closing company they insisted on using with the result being my having to pay for 2015 property taxes that are due this coming November 11th. 

That's when he picked up his first few turnkeys on the hill of Calvary and upgraded them with high-flow shower towers and Japanese toilets into luxury AirBnB's, started insisting on being referred to as THE Christ, and sent His disciples out with their first bandit signs... 

She insisted it would probably be OK because it was in "perfect condition" when the tenants moved in.