However, if you're busy and don't have the time, your time is obviously better spent on more fruitful endeavors.

Build loyalty through transparency, this can be fruitful for many transactions not just one, forge relationships to be able to generate a system of success. 

Taking a different path can potentially yield more fruit. 

You can play with the LTV and/or the loan interest rate to go from 7% to 10% rather than juicing all the way to 15% as I set forth in my example, but the principle is the same.  

This is the lowest hanging fruit on the tree and some of it is even on the floor, waiting to be picked up.  

You could do most of the staging yourself in the kitchen and bathrooms, such as bowls of fruit and flowers on the kitchen counter, towels, shower curtains, and wall art in the bathroom, etc.  

And if you get  a sense of accomplishment and pride by owning a nice one then that is enjoying the fruits of your labor.

It does not make sense letting it go just because the renting plan does not seem to be very fruitful and especially when we were able to negotiate 7.5% down to the final listed price by relo company which to start with was pretty aggressive compared to the original listing price by seller (relo company listed 10% lower than original seller)...so a total of ~17% down to original listing price for this new home which is in a very good condition with no major findings in inspections other than radon level being at 6.4 and they are ready to mitigate before closing next month end.

So I'm only paying juice when im using it.  

Today, because of our market, everybody is a rehabber and flipper, and the tax auction is like low hanging fruit.