I started to get excited about the prospect of buying the package for the same price as selling just the house for, essentially creating no taxable gain but suddenly owning a $40k lot free and clear and just holding that long-term.

Surge ahead Ruben - this is the greatest land/property grab I have seen in the past 20 years, let's make hay while the sun is shining!  

I don't want to buy something and all of a sudden I'm hit with some big expense I knew nothing about.  

While that gives you a margin of safety that the HOA won't change suddenly and stop allowing vacation rentals, it does mean that you have a large amount of direct competition.

Magically most people can suddenly make it during that time. 

When I told the owner of the apartment what was under the latex, she suddenly remembered that a few years back, the seamstress had requested that she paint the room, and offered to pay for it herself.

Last month, all of a sudden the bill which is generally in the $10 to $30 range, jumped up to $60 (which he paid).

Enter Airbnb and all of the sudden we realize there is all this underserved demand for connection-oriented hospitality experiences.

When my partner and I bring him an infill lot, with the construction financing already arranged and a buyer (with cash and a prequal for permanent loan) interested in building on our lot - suddenly he’s very interested in doing business with us.

I’m not sure if there is, but coming up with the finances is very hard all of a sudden, and the math never pans out when I work on it.