In retrospect, making sure you got in at the price that you wanted, rather than stretching yourself, seems all the more wise given the bit of "bad luck" that followed the purchase.Despite the slight hiccups in securing a tenant, this still looks like a long-term winner of a deal!

In retrospect its what I wish I had done with mine.

Not too say they have bad info because I think a lot of the principles hold true today and are excellent advice, but there is certainly a naivety in some of them that is only apparent in retrospect, especially the ones who talk down the RE bubble doomsayers of the time (I'm looking at you, Larry B.

The moral of our situation is that in retrospect we would have placed another small rent increase into the lease to recoup some of the expenses of the things needed last year.

In retrospect, I would have left the original wood look.

Sometimes closer is better in that retrospect.

We also (unwisely, in retrospect) borrowed $45k to help expedite the renovation, so we 'owe' $345k in total. 

In retrospect I regret selling it because the income was so good, but sometimes short term profits are too good to pass up, and it basically paid the entirety of my daughter's 4 years of college on the spot. 

There is never going to be a perfect time to invest, that window is only evident in retrospect.  

In retrospect, I suggest the following:1.