Its like unwrapping a birthday , the box looks good , sometimes you get what you want , sometimes you dont .    

.- we planted a good amount of flower in the spring.

Wouldn't you say so @Mike Flowers ?

I understand that the shade is being cast by the seller.These are the thoughts and questions that my mind raises: Every time a weed gets watered, it grows stronger allowing it to choke the flowers around it.Are you rewarding and enabling his behavior by going through with the deal? 

All you need is one good candidate.Try to add some color to your exterior photos, even if it is silk flowers in a tub.   

got license just after 18th birthday 1974.. made my first sale about 3 months in  900.00 commish in a 1.65 an hour minimum wage market. and was hooked. went on to make close to 50k that first year and never looked back.. making commission and 5X or better what my peirs were making allowed me to buy my first home in Milpitas CA for 79k in 77... sold that house 18 months later for 125k and never looked back. and fully understood that appreciation in CA is real and where its at.. :)  The rest is on my pod cast  # 222... 

And happy birthday!

@Geoffrey Flowers It all depends on where the lead is coming from.MLS - I will use an agent or on some properties I will go straight to the listing agent and make the offer through them declining representation.

We went to weddings, birthday parties etc over the years here.  

This doesn't mean you can't have a piece of pumpkin pie at Grandma's house for Thanksgiving or eat one of the amazing cinnamon rolls that your tenants bring you on your birthday.