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Facebook. Where else you can read the intimate thoughts of people you haven't spoken to in 15 years? It's the one thing that gets me out of bed each morning.Well not true, but in the midst of Facebook friends telling me how Mondays suck, Wednesday is hump day, Thursday is Thirsty and Friday is the start of the weekend, they soon start blabbering about the calamities of their relationships or financial predicaments. When this happens, I get mildly aroused. Even more-so when they mention real estate. See, whoever manages their rental property just tossed them the latest appraisal and they weren't happy. Mid-five figures below what they expected. While acknowledging the market was bad (a common theme) this was their property, a combination of brick, mortar and tile, that should be in no way subject to market forces. Some were aghast - imagine houses falling in value. Others offered support - the appraisal couldn't be accurate. Some realistic - l...