My wife and I are looking to make our first purchase of a flip after Christmas.

I currently have an opportunity to buy a small home for rehab right now which means if the project takes 30 to 45 or 60 days to complete that could take the finish product right into the middle of Christmas Season.

I'm thinking about sending a thank you note with a small gift around Christmas time.

I had a face to face with one of the principles and he closed the sale.Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!! 

Christmas is around the corner after all.  

This way if you do have a vacancy, at least you're not trying to fill a place during the week of Christmas.

We are still picking up a lot of weekends and already have Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks booked.

Tenant demographic may or may not be a potential issue for prospective buyers.Sources for rents on the Carole Arms Apartments: https://www.apartmentratings.com/az/phoenix/carole...https://www.apartments.com/carole-arms-apartments-...As for W Desert Cove Ave in Phoenix (in the area north of Peoria Ave, east of I-17), I'd personally be hesitant to purchase there, but it all depends on the buyer's comfort levels regarding lower-income tenants.

The first  RE Investing class I took gave me what seemed like a list longer than Santa receives at Christmas of everyone I needed to get on board my team before I could go out and be a real estate investor.

We actually go to Gatlinburg every year at Christmas time and I know exactly how busy it is at that time of the year.