I've been a home owner for over 25 years and have helped countless other people buy property. 

Sellers are looking for security as well -- they could be trying to avoid the deal from stalling or having a buyer nitpick every little issue and demand countless concessions. 

Surviving world wars, countless currencies and empires as a store of wealth.... 

In fact, I'd go as far as saying that my net worth is probably double what it would have been thanks to everything I've learned from running countless projection models--without them, I'd be flying blind.The purpose of running projection models is NOT to perfectly predict the future (nobody can do that).

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I’ve studied countless competitors (currently working thru 30+ competitors within the west coast market that I sell in). 

It seems like this was one of the best solutions proposed after spending countless hours researching the situation.Not sure how everyone else on this thread did.

Interested in finding other amazing people who want to leave a lasting, positive impact on countless other people, live a life of purpose, and truly see what's possible of accomplishing.

I hopes simple implementations can save you thousands of dollars and countless hours or pain lol...Real estate is fun but needs to be respected and without that level of attention and respect it requires.

For all the positive ways in which we came to learn and know our residents, we also bit hook, line, and sinker on countless “grandmother died, car broke down, and kid is sick” stories.