The day we lost the house we were told we had two weeks to move out of our home, the home we had so many Christmas parties, birthdays, and family events.

If everything goes well we will have our first home by Christmas.       

I suggest ...since the holidays are here you even buy here a small kitchen appliance for $25 for Christmas.....happy tenants pay your note :)

A great place to start would be BP podcast. listen to 30-40 of them before Christmas.

I have daily inquires for my cabin for around Christmas time.

We build spec homes and we rarely sell a home between Thanksgiving and Christmas unless it's to someone being transferred in.  

EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I grab a "Christmas House".  

Originally posted by @Carol Kohn:My question is... can I go over to the rental unit to speak to them face to face without the 48 hour notice?

Honestly not to be too blunt but the 48 agents that have been in the office has been literally had the same 1 or 2 deals that theyve had since I met them, and the deals are dead in the water their Christmas is over for and I don't know what they will say to their families.

The answer is buy now...Christmas comes early to REI from Thanksgiving until at least the end of January.