Guess it comes down to one's investment strategy.Thanks - a lot to learn/figure out for me in terms of being more deliberate when making investment choices.Meaning, if you purchased a SF for

That's a sign that they are either financially irresponsible or they are deliberately trying to get away with something.

As a tax return preparer, I run across people that deliberately have more withheld during the year than necessary as a kind of forced savings.

Sure, you probably have permission in your lease to show the unit, but tenants can resist or be deliberate in making it tough to rent if they want to.

This whole process can take several more months.It may appear that lenders are deliberately “holding” properties and simply choosing not to dispose of them.

At the time, I was not deliberately trying to get money from people.

DH has event at at MCC on Tuesday 12/15 (Democracy, Pubic Deliberation, Climate Change....yawn).  

Having said that, I am wanting to be deliberate about acquiring properties and helping facilitate deals and network more which having my license would be a great help to me.

All it means is my decision has been not to take a loan out on those properties  :)Yep, you're quite entitled to deliberately put the brakes on your wealth accumulation. 

Similar to what you are doing, I am focused on creating more of a repeatable, deliberate process to my rentals; same application, same e-mails, same steps in the process for every single applicant, including tenant screening criteria, reasonable accommodation policy, and I include a "cover sheet" in my e-mails and in-person interactions that provides an overview to any applicants what our rental process looks like.