WOW I have heard it all.People too damn lazy and trying to justify it with the rationalization that they spend too much time in line at the grocery store and in the kitchen. 

So I did what any rational person would do and got in touch with them.

When I was in the Marines, I once spent a month in the Moroccan desert and we just dug beds in the hot sand, ate cold military rations, and bathed in the Atlantic, which is the most minimalistic that I've ever lived, but it was also one of the simplest and most joyous times of my life.

There are lots of other factors to consider (for example Property A could be falling apart, and Property B could be turnkey) - The price to rent rations (aka 1% rule) is just a quick screening tool, nothing more. 

Hopefully once you have some accurate information you can talk with the neighbor rationally about how to resolve the disagreement, if there is one. 

What usually happens is, they freak out when they get served, then contact you, all of a sudden becoming more rational about working something out.  

----------------------------------------------You miss the salient point: Rational relationship.

I'm normally fairly rational.What is happening around us is not rational.

Typically I would have held and waited it out, but luckily I liquidated because I was planning to buy some additional properties and am now sitting on a lot of dry powder actively looking for deals.I believe the rational for not selling might be the same dynamic behind buying for monthly cash flow instead of buying based on speculative appreciation.

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