If that is true with the above, then what's the point of having 10 golden tickets?

Ken Thompson, who ran Charlotte-based Wachovia Corp , himself bet big on mortgages when he paid $24.2 billion in 2006 for Golden West Financial Corp.

@Jeanni Prescan if it were two golden retrievers would you be as upset?

For me, I don’t like this golden handcuff, I want it gone.

Right now I am going into a job that most people call "the prison with the golden cuffs."

Where so many wholesalers falter is thinking they are they golden goose because they find deals for a living.

As long as the lender has no reason to believe that your employment will discontinue within the near future, you're golden!!!

If I was one of the owners in a tight spot looking to sell, I would probably call the number on several postcards and go with the best offer if I'm not able to sell through MLS.I can see how investors contacting property owners with offers to redeem the certificate and buy the property might upset the certificate holder a bit, after all the golden goose is getting the property not the % return on $ and redeeming the certificate puts them out of the equation, but I do believe it's the better scenario for the property owners. 

Keeping and renting with a positive cf, or selling, whether with a 1031 or straight sale leaves out an option I think you might be overlooking:  cash out refi of the rental or heloc.Why 'kill' the 'golden goose', when you could possibly keep taking the eggs and perhaps leverage it up to another property or other cash-flowing investment.Since your post sounds like you are in growth stage, how much do you think your existing rental will be worth in 5 or 10 years down the road? 

My 3 golden rules.