We all take some pride in what we take down as a deal, I've done my share thinking I got a heck of a deal and 2 years later finding it wasn't as great as anticipated, success often lies in not losing with a decent return if you get enough of them.

It took about a month longer than anticipated, but I did a lot of the work myself.

If you smell something funny then you could anticipate major rehabs on the units you didn't see so that you have that price point already agreed upon prior to inspection.

@Scott Sewell it was support I agree 1 bedrooms are less hassle so I am getting paid more for less personal investment but I want to point out that is not just a money/ft calculation, it is the toll it takes on me to deal with the unit.There is more turnover in 1 bedrooms but larger houses seem to follow the school year so when they do go vacant I anticipate less vacancy in one bedrooms.

I was anticipating that when banks have foreclosures, they would seek out Realtors with REO experience or perhaps a realtor specializing in REOs.

I found out after inspection that repairs are going to be more than I anticipated, my mortgage will now be for $78,000 (payment of 605.51).

Keep running my rental business and try to anticipate/adapt to changing conditions and rules.

Persoanlly given the state of the economy I do not anticipate we are anywhere near the bottom.

In graduate school, one of the "givens" in multi-unit real estate analysis problems was the investors tax rate and their "anticipated rate of return"....or put another way...their opportunity cost rate.

I don’t anticipate any real vacancy time due to its location.