Hi Taylor,Unfortunately, we do take back properties on occasion.

Please share any guesses you have as to why I see this more than on occasion.

On a couple of occasions when we have 'scooped' a property, we have been approached by agents for other investors with an offer to purchase our contract {we are in the midst of one right now}.

I have a plumber, in other words, for every occasion.

I have certainly put the cart before the horse on many occasions.

Similarly, we stay away from giving alcohol ... save "the old codger" we inherited with one building (he's been there almost forever), whom we gave a bottle of scotch on the occasion of a milestone birthday.When we give "appreciations" to our tenants, we also try to focus on locally owned businesses in the area where they live (i.e. the café around the corner, the pilates studio on the next block).

Bill Gulley not being entirely forthright as he's been known to bite a little hard on occasion, though usually with your best interest in mind. ;-)

I'm sure he'd prefer to have rented it "as is" rather than putting in cabinets, but this sort of business decision will have to be made on occasion.

I also only worked as an agent on those occasions and not as an investor, so that would also make a big difference, since from now on, I would like to become the investor.

We had the feds show up at the auction on several occasions to arrest some of the bidders.