What my dentist taught me about Real Estate

It's that time of the year again where the 'bad' guy checks your teeth and tells you what's wrong with it. And pain is sure to follow.

   Last November my dentist found a molar that needed some 'correcting'.  He said that the only way we could save it is if we do a root-canal.  Flashback, my last memory of a root-canal was not pleasant to say the least.  My dentist needed to stop  in the middle of  her slaughtering my nerves because I was weeping so hard ( I can't believe I'm divulging this) I was fourteen.  It was not fun at all.  Another root-canal?  had no choice. You have to do what you have to do right?  And so I went with my second root-canal.  Two hours and eight hundred dollars(and more than average dose of anesthesia) later,operation went perfect just as planned. Nice.  Dentist told me to come back after two weeks for the final touches.  I thought 'hmm.. ok. whatever ' Two weeks passed, I totally forgot about my appointment.  Plus, I didn't think it was important. " what for? nerves are dead."

    Last weekend (after a year) I go to my dentist for a regular check up.  Turns out that the tooth that was 'root-canaled' had a fracture and needed to be 'extracted' (no other way of saving it).  He told me that the reason why this happened was really simple, 'you missed your second appointment dummy'.  And extract they did.  One of the most painful moments in my life.  I wouldn't go into details, but extracting the tooth was especially hard because the tooth had become brittle.  He called it a 'surgery' after everything was done.

   I couldn't help but wonder (while sitting on the unforgiving dentist chair trying to divert my attention from the pain) when it comes to our real estate market, after everything has crashed and thousands have lost their homes and market is beginning to go up again. 

Will we do the same mistakes all over again? forsake the 'final appointment' or in  real estate take the 'study-before-investing-don't-follow-the-herd' formula for granted? because that will be a tragedy.  I am a romantic optimist at heart but something inside tells me history will repeat itself.  Because it already has. 'human nature rarely changes- Bill O'Neil. 

And it also got me into thinking about the purpose of this blog.  Joe and I need to remind ourselves constantly to make our goals realistic.  As much as we would love for everyone to benefit from the information and research in here.  We know this blog can't help everybody.  Not everybody want to be helped.  Most of us don't think we need help. Many of us just don't have the time. I can't really blame them, there are times that I am also part of that group.  But the sad reality we can't escape, all that's been happening in the market now, the foreclosures, the arguments and divorces from  couples entangled in  financial troubles, all this could happen again?. Maybe that's just the way life is. Or maybe just maybe, this blog can make a difference and more importantly be accessible to the people wanting to be helped.  It's a long shot. One that we will take.  It's going to be a fun journey.