And during the marketing process I get a ton of interest which means I can pick the cream of the crop.* Rigorously screen prospective tenants.

And the whip cream on top is any appreciation you have in house prices.  

. ;-)You are both right it has been proven (Source is unimportant) that Yellow letters are most effective when received +/- 24hrs of a Crescent moon and Postcards when +/- 24hrs of the Full moon.In an instance of a Blue Moon you want to make sure that is when your "Bulky" mail in a handwritten invitation envelope (Some debate over "Cream" or "Ivory") should hit.

I'm selling my ice cream business and looking to  flip houses with other money or learn anything new that can make me some cash to go fish and surf!

I was thinking the same thing about the whole area near Lola, little Man Ice cream, Linger all the way to Gaetanos on 38th

Who knows, maybe we'll even get some of those those fancy ice cream shops like North Seattle has.

If you are buying or cherry picking from the usual suspects who send out their lists on a regular basis, expect to pay 5-10% above this pricing unless you are taking some of lower "junk" to offset you taking the cream of the crop. 

Don't write a check Wal-Mart with shaving cream and deordant in the basket.

For me, choosing between the two is like trying to choose between chocolate and strawberry ice cream.

Generally what you get is the seller dumping low valued stock, financing it and taking the cream off the top in interest, they don't have maintenance, costs or vacancy, they usually try to finance at a profit over being the owner.