I too have found, like Robert Kiyosaki, that the inexperienced, uninformed, and "poor" investors are the ones who are always frightened, stalling, and fumbling for excuses to postpone.

hello to everyone. i have a question regarding a closing that is taking far too long. i have a flip house here in western new york. i finished it and put it up for sale in late august 2014. signed a sales contract with the buyer on november 11th. since then, he, the buyer, has given me a long list of repairs he wanted done on the place, which i did, including replacing the roof, myself, in the middle of december. now, since the repairs have been completed, i thought the closing would take place, as scheduled, on january 5, 2015. that date is written right in the contract. since then, he has " waffled" around with his VA loan, switched to a different bank and type of loan, and, as you can imagine, postponed the closing multiple times. i have heard from my agent and attorney on rare occassions that they need " this" or " that" from me. the latest thing they wanted from me was a letter indicating when the roof was completed. they already know this. i re-read my contract. i have what i believe are numerous reasons to cancel the sale. every week i hear " it should happen next week." i have been hearing that since mid january and here it is late march. also, within the contract, i have found a clause that allows me to demand a closing within 7 days of any notice i give them. should i contact their attorney and envolk the 7 day closing or notify them of my intent to cancel the sale effective immediately if we do not get a closing soon?

One thing to consider is many of your deals can be held long enough to qualify for long term capital gains instead of short term capital gains so if you can it often is worth while postponing sales etc.

In a December poll sponsored by CareerBuilder, 60% of workers older than 60 said they planned to postpone retirement.Goss said it remained unclear whether the uptick in retirements would accelerate or abate in the months ahead.

the Worcester meetings are postponed through the holidays and will resume in January on 1/21.

However, the actual delivery date may be postponed.

I had been a loan officer focusing on foreclosure refinances (using Washington Mutual, New Century, Option One, One Stop and so on) so I knew loss mit and who to talk to, to get a postponement if needed, so we could close. 

Well the inspection is complete today , it was postpone until today so I could get into each unit... there are major damages to the exterior of the property. bowing brick facing, roof replacing, electrical problems, furnace problems, termites, omg on and on and on,let alone the fact that all tenants claim they put up a  security deposit one claiming 2 months, There was so much but looking on the surface the place looked really good ,,When I was told about due diligence that was spot on, getting a professional inspection is worth it because I would not have known until it was to late and to late is after closing when I would own all of these problems

Basically, if the bank has to postpone the foreclosure in order to move the date, there's less chance that will actually happen.

I learned of April's HD meeting the day before but had an appointment the next day that I could not reschedule/postpone.