Pound the pavement!

Wholesaler “ That would be perfect”Title officer “ I was joking, I have a life and a family”Meanwhile I am screaming on the phone and pounding my fists against her desk.

the sales rep I bought the stiff from said 4mm should have been fine... of course, I guess you have to take that with a grain of salt...What’s crazy is in our primary we have a 70 pound pit bull on laminate- not a scratch on the stuff!

Oh and the delusion that your out of sight, out of mind "investment" benefits from your absence,  But penny wise, pound foolish. 

Why not get a contract with the owners of the strip center, build in your due diligence period and work in a contingency that you will only purchase if you are able to negotiate sale of the land with the present land owner... then pound the pavement and sit down with the owner of the land, see if you could strike a deal or an option to purchase at a set point from today - 10 years, or whatever time frame you build in.  

Pick one or two prospecting methods, pound the phones, and keep following up until either someone else closes on it or you get it under contract. 

I have a storage bin in the basement where I drop off like 50 pounds of salt each winter (sometimes have to buy more if we get hit hard with snow).

Sounds penny-wise, pound foolish to me...

When we sold our UK houses and exchanged funds, the pound to dollar rate was closer to 2 dollars for 1 pound. 

He jumped in front of my car, pounded on the hood.