Case in point, on several occasions we've been the highest offer and coming in with hard money so we can close quickly, but get beat out by the "best" offer, which is almost always cash - even if it's less than our offer.

And I too have thought about throwing in the towel on occasion.

That happens on occasion.

This has definitely helped him out over the years with tenants in the past trying to steal the appliances when they moved out or another occasion when some guys (With the key to the unit??)

We were granted a mortgage by our lender on three separate occasions throughout the process (we had to keep renewing since the builder took 6 months longer than expected to build the house).

You’ve seen them on multiple occasions in tough scenarios and how they respond to those scenarios.

I’ve been told on a few occasions south Austin west of i-35 has ‘soil’ issues.

Then they were late on 2 occasions with their rent payments, I didn't assess them a late fee, I let it slide.

The sequencing necessary to coordinate the finish-work, cleaning, and pictures was disjointed on several occasions, due to poor communication on my part.

Then you lead the patrol, making course corrections as you go, conducting an azimuth check on occasion and if need be, issue a FRAGO to the order due to a change in the market or your economic situation.