I work as a poker dealer(tipped position) in Black Hawk, CO.

Poker buddy....poker.

If you continue to hold a negative CF property, you are moving further away from breaking even...and the start of your profits.REI is a lot like playing Poker. 

Wanna play some poker, a friendly game, bring 25K.

It's true, like poker, real estate is a grind, but so is a traditional job.

Its not a poker game.

Just like my poker playing days I look for tells, etc.Anyway the new agent got into a price discussion right away which is a no no.

It's not lying, it's bluffing... much like playing poker.

A friend went to a poker game and we asked him how he did.Him: "I cashed out for $12 so I won $12."

I've got experience in "charity", non-profit and public housing, none operate without revenue considerations or aim to run inefficiently or to lose money, even public housing has a zero based budgeting goal to pay for it's own operations.In reality, it's the luck of the draw as to who will be your next applicant, you get what is dealt to you, unlike poker where you can fold, in leasing you have to play the hand you get.