There are NO excuses for that.

Always late with excuses.

Sounds like an excuse to defend buying low class and low quality rentals then blaming the government for you buying a high risk asset.

It'll give me an excuse to visit the island and my family!

There is always an excuse or they just drift away.

Weekends and holidays do not delay or excuse Tenant’s obligation to timely pay rent.Here is my question:It's not ideal that the lease started on the 15th, but states that rent is due on the 1st of the month.  

Of course they ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE, has an excuse for that, and excuses are like .... well you know the end of that sentence.  

@Aakash Deol, your fear of interest rates is just another excuse individuals give themselves to not invest in real estate.

Many people claim they submit deals to his team and they always seem to find "excuses" or "reasons" why the deal is no good, so nothing ever materializes and, thus, they never get paid.  

And the mind is tricky in that you might procrastinate, come up with excuses as to why you can't, or just not bother.