You need to have sources (agents, wholesalers, GCs) that bring you opportunity that they have mined and they are bringing it to you cause they know you buy.To the vendors of the industry: Agents, Wholesalers, GCs, PMs, what have you...you are nothing until you buy something, until then you are window shopping. 

However I'm thinking if I ever hit the windfall on something like this, their pockets are probably way deeper than mine and I'm not going to want to spend the money to fight it.

I had declared them trespassed verbally on the spot, loudly, proclaiming they were no longer allowed on the property, that I was the owner and this property was mine and I would not be pushed around or intimidated. 

Here is a fresh example, and it actually came from another tax firm (not mine) specializing in real estate.Let me briefly tell you why I crossed out their pitch:Strategy 1: depends on your 2025 projected net income vs your 2024 net income, among many other factorsStrategy 2: can backfire amidst the uncertainty of future tax rules regarding bonus depreciation, and also ignores alternativesStrategy 3: no rush to do it before December 31stIf you decide to continue reading, I will give you a high-level overview of the most common EOY tax strategies, obviously without an actual discussion of each one.

I was told by a previous landlord of mine that her places generate 4-5 solid prospective tenants per week.

Bottom line these are NOT federally regulated or state regulated loans.. they who have the gold make the rules.

I realize another mistake of mine was being too aggressive with the lost price when it was first listed.

All prior currency changes were led by a gold standard.  

I was at the airport this past week flying to visit family and in TSA precheck line they scan your license in a machine and take a photo of you. for some reason mine was not working and it basically had like an alert on it. they ask me if I have another form of ID on me.

Lots of GREAT posts here, with a goldmine of information by way of experiences provided.