He was pretty devastated - it was all fun at first & then he & his roomies realized the seriousness of it all.

Hell, you can go to a nice steak house and buy yourself a dinner, then get home and realize you could have cooked it for yourself and saved money.

I realize being the largest house in the neighborhood can be a drawback, but I thought the upgrades and price point would offset that.Does anyone have tips or strategies for marketing a property like this?

My goals include cash flow and appreciation and I realized there were other properties that better align with what I am trying to accomplish.

Now, I am also realizing the power of leveraging equity from other assets—like my house hack—and even explored partnerships to spread risk and build a stronger position.

He would show up, realize he didn't like the view of the water tower half a block away and back out.- Getting under contract and then reducing the price because of findings is common, but major reductions are likely to tick off the seller unless you have strong justification.

EDIT: Just realized I read that wrong and thought the poster was the seller. 5% rate and 5% down is a sweet deal, take that if you can get it!

But it's extremely common here for new folks to come on BP with broad stroke questions, without realizing the forum is a searchable database of scores of common questions with a plethora of answers already posted.Mike

I realize that the competition is one step, if not multiple steps ahead of me, and that is okay because I know that I can reach people who will say yes to me.

But I realized that holding onto them at the expense of my peace of mind just isn’t worth it.