Great story molonski and I fully agree with what you have said -...

Great story molonski and I fully agree with what you have said - peoples attitudes these days are their own impediments more than anything else.

".... we have poster Dylan83 as an eyewitness that can account for the possibility of TIMING THE MARKET namely from a thread"

Sure in this case no gains have been made yet - but we are only talking over a couple of years which in reality is NOTHING in terms of a property investment. Lets see what this property is worth in 10 years then pass judgment. In this case he could have just as easily held off his purchase and the property price in the area goes up. Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it!