I’m excited to start, I’m ready to start, and I want to win. 

Get a lender, enter into contract, close escrow, enjoy your new home. if you have less than 30 days, you would need the seller's cooperation to contact the foreclosing entity to see if they will postpone to give you time to close the deal. it's not guaranteed and the lender is under no obligation to do so but if everyone wins (seller sells, lender gets paid off in full, you get a home), most lenders will provide a small window of time to get it done.

We also have lots of clients finding wins with ADUs and multi unit properties with house hacking.

This house is close to the beach so it’s been a win since we get to spend time down there. 

And on and on and on.Assuming that you have absolutely identical tax years in 2024 and 2025 (which is never really the case), you usually win mathematically by spreading your sales (or any income, for that matter) over multiple years versus receiving all income in a single year. 

Slow and steady still wins the race. 

This implies that instant return likely will take more effort than in the recent past.  

The winning bid was $70,250 plus 10% buyers fee so $77,275.

I had a co-worker win won that lived 30 minutes away from her home campus but it was within the school district.  

Sounds like she really timed that one perfectly and scored a big win.