But so could some future gain instead, if your client doesn’t “waste it” when he could have done a 1031 exchange instead.

Of course they won't do that because it would probably cut their numbers by 50%

Lots of nice homes with longer DOM and price cuts. 

Doors (or clients) that require extensive and constant attention from my staff are not long for this world and will be cut loose.As @Richard F. mentioned, clients fall into those two categories (micromanaging, time-sucking parasites who place zero value on the value of your time, or the "don't bother me unless the house burned down" clients).   

When their vendors and employees want to get paid, they can't take a scissors and cut out a piece of the paper those assets are written on, and use that to pay them.Real profit is tangible, not virtual. 

Vacating them was not an issue thankfully, but it added a wasted month of holding time.

With a rate cut imminent in Sep24, despite my preference for there not to be the pivot has started in the equity market now.

Ran through two contractors that took $2500 cash and wasted a lot of my time.

In terms of your financing question, the majority of loans we do are in that $1m to $5m range, so that's not an issue at all (fake numbers wasting everyone's time would of course be an issue, but let's stipulate that it's solved).

Cutting down timelines to not extend carrying costs Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?