After this winter 5 years later I will have accomplished my goal.

You are not testing with the correct verbiage, prices, terms, and/or marketing-medium to be only finding this few buyers or tenant-buyers, even going into the slower winter months.

Better to get a little less rent than to have this sit vacant through the holidays.

(They said winter is slower....but they just keep on charging for zero results) BEWARE!

Never trust the ubiquitous "Winterized" signs, they mean nothing.

The water heater will then need a liner because they condensate in the winter without the furance.

I noticed one winter that the 3rd floor had the window open.

You will likely have to do some things you are not really comfortable with (evicting tenants during the holidays, evicting people with small children, etc) but that is the nature of the business.

dno=WASP-049496CT Landlord Eviction Process - http://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/hm014.pdf I just mailed out this notice to the Tenant:YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a judgment for immediate possession has been granted on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, you have 5 (five)-day Stay of Execution, not counting Sundays, legal holidays, or the date of judgment to be vacated from the premises.

One of my best deals was on a house in Westlake that I made an offer on over the Christmas holiday (in 2004).The Austin market is pretty tight and the city continues to grow, so I may have to change my methods and strategy eventually.