Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, said it best, "The best laid plans of mice and men gang oft aglee" ... 

He gladly grabbed the mounds of steaming lung burning 'fertilizer'.

I know I am a young guy who does not have much experience, but I have a burning passion to learn more and bring value to others through hard work and grit.

Finally, paying a pre-con fee allows you to kick more tires without burning out a relationship.

When we took out the in-unit stackables upon renovation (and I saw the filth and lint that could have easily burned down the building) we wanted to provide an alternative. 

Unfortunately the money I saved up from my last deployment got burned up from a poor choice of mine that I made before, and actually put me into debt.

@Rosaria I have been burned so many times and lied to, I do pre screen over the phone and also check their social media.

It's been said condos are really easy to buy and devilishly hard to sell.I've done four condo deals in my entire 20-year real estate career (I'm a slow learner, apparently), and I've gotten burned every single time.Just sayin'.

Or is it something like property capex where it comes due at point or another but you may just get burned alive one year? 

If you're going to burn the ships and go all in NOW, then maybe paying the penalty makes sense for you.