Granite counters would burn a lot of that, a fresh repaint can easily eat 1k.

Deals do indeed fall through and in that case the GP eats those costs.

Either 1031 out of it or eat those capital gain taxes.

Then modify your advertisement to make it perfectly clear about the situationThe alternative is to leave it as is..... leave the room open for the 3 months..... eat the loss and consider it the cost of a lesson..... but IMO there is no need to pay that cost and I would not take this approach.

Getting to the plate first is KEY --  whether I'm talking about baseball or  eating food. 

Plus I had a blast eating my DQ Buster Bar and loading up my bag with souvenirs from Oriental Trading for friends and family! 

When that happens that would effectively eat up all the earnings and put me in negative cash flow right away.

In new construction the common charges always jump dramatically in the first few years, eating into your profit.

I’m going to take him up on it, eat the appraisal and title work and move on.  

Imagine going into Kroger and saying you have to eat so you'll pay it back when you get the money.