Couches, rugs, plants, table to eat, art, pots, pans, and silverware are a few of the things I provide so that potential housemates can envision moving in easily.

He even caulked the toilet right next to it.I still see water dripping from the ceiling, not a big continuous drip, but after about an hour and a half there's about 2 cm of water in the pan I have sitting out to catch the leak. 

it will be interesting to see how this pans out. 

Actively looking for your next rental or going to sit on this one a while and see how it pans out?

Tons of pots, pans, bowls, glass pie pans...the list is loooong.I go out of my way to buy quality stuff for the house.

DANIEL T., In regards to double taxation that can depend upon your tax rate.

He was a real nice guy and really just called to shoot the breeze and even told me about some leads he didnt have time to mess with (Note to self: add this guy to the buyers list).Finally the third call was form an old student of mine who just wanted to catch up.In all I sent out about 200 letters and got some calls that didnt pan out, but it still makes me happy that someone actually opned up the letters and took the time to call.Oh, I did get a call (that I missed) and they didnt leve a message (Note to self: call that # back and work it).

And that was on lease option, not an all cash purchase.Go and go hard, refine as you go, don't quit......Don't be afraid to try a different strategy if you get to that point, if mailing doesn't pan out, you can employ a totally different path in real estate.

You'll never run out of reasons why not to do something and statics are good at saying why things won't ever pan out.

@Tin- I understand the psychology of goal setting.