I tend to lean heavily towards the idea that I'm more okay with charitable giving if it's "paying back" versus the potentially rationalizing affect of "evening the score"That is, the money I've earned is relatively innocuous (with reasonable constraints), coming from those that benefited from our relationship as much as I did. 

The problem is...finding a rational deal on Long Island seems difficult. 

But he couldn't quite sand ALL the deep-penetrating shellac out of those bottom cabinets, which left you with that persistent tint differential.I'm sure the dude's baffled and rationalizing his failure all day long; "But I finished them both the same way!

The lender will want to see 2 yrs anyway, so it's not like you can pick up a side hustle and go back to them next month.Banks really care about your Debt to Income Ration (DTI).

Pretty discouraging which is why I was considering this one near base, but yeah it doesn't cash flow by any rational numbers I plug into it. 

I rationalized the price by saying if I buy a house for 100k and get a 3% commission I'm making 3k (without subtracting the broker fee).

So if you see a huge discrepancy, then you have to rationalize it. 

Once it's set, don't rationalize your way into a lower number just because. 

So there might be times where the rational choice for the lender is to keep the property taxes current.

Hi Taylor,Your concerns are completely rational.