It really comes down to what your taste is for real estate.  

The idea of losing $1,800 lives a very bitter taste in my mouth.

If you make decisions, or if you predetermine future events based on the way they "sound", you are going to miss out on a lot of great opportunities.If the first time anyone heard any of the following statements:1 - I can build a set of monkey bars, out of wood, wire and cloth, and it will allow me to fly,2 - I'm going to take a bunch of "1's" and "0's", string them together in different patterns, and it will allow me to think about anything faster than the speed of light.3 - I'm going to eat a white oddly shaped ball, that came out of a chicken's....and it will taste great.4 - I'm going to collect and drink a whitish liquid that a cow had sprayed on the ground, and it will taste great....the words, "it sounds too good to be true" were overheard, and none of the above were done because everyone that heard those words believed them, we may never have the use of a computer, and airplane, and would not have been able to eat breakfast when hungry.Money doesn't make a noise, so money decisions shouldn't be based on what you hear...but by what you see.Credit cards work, if you are disciplined enough to work fast enough to pay them off before the interest kicks in.  

It left a bad taste in my mouth but made me much wiser moving forward. 

It left a bad taste the way it happened having no offers for 6 months and then multiple offers the same HOUR I submitted mine.

Some people may call you out for the light fixture being too taste specific in the dining room, but it doesn't bother me.

It's very rare it will work and Thanksgiving dinner will taste differently.

I found a good one in Steve Burges book "Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings" and tweaked it to my taste.

I do understand though that these tastes are market specific. 

I bid on a number of houses this week but prices went too high for my taste.