To put it in perspective, we lived here for 4 years and my mom still hasn't seen the house... it was just embarrassing. 

Just a little feel-good story I thought I'd share with the BiggerPockets community- I connected with a fellow BP member about 3 months ago and I'll spare his name to not embarrass him and his wife... 

I don't want to air out the details and embarrass the person should they read my remarks on this public forum.

My goal is to have a place nice enough that tenants are, maybe not proud, but certainly not embarrassed to host a kids birthday party with other parents attending.

It’s a 25 year loan at the lowest rate which is embarrassingly still kicking my butt.

Not every seller wants their home on the open market and some dont love the idea of opening up their doors to strangers for showings and or embarrassed about the condition of their homes. 

I am studying now and researching what I'm embarrassed to say I'd never heard of: 10% down funding on vacation homes.All thanks to you, much obliged!

I had a seller that kept avoiding answering that and I just said I have been doing this for quite a while now and when someone avoids answering that question they are usually honest people and are embarrassed about something.

Kristine Marie Poe egg on MY face......sorry for the embarrassingly lame question.

If it's something dumb they've done (like a fork down the disposal) I tell them they need to be more careful. 9/10 they are sufficiently embarrassed.