Well your desired Return On Investment is paramount.

They had their infrastructure in place and were ready to pounce on something that fit into their strategy and did so.In a competitive market being ready to act and knowing what you are looking for becomes paramount and due to their upfront research on the market they recognized a good deal, in a good area and I was happy to help them along the way.  

This is paramount.

The transfer of funds between you and the current landlord may occur in several ways, but I think having a paper trail would be paramount.

Not that you can try to negotiate better but it would at least be an interesting exercise to become more stringent on the property profile and back-off on the cash-on-cash return and see where it gets you.Or if cash-on-cash is the paramount threshold you can seek out value-add properties (risk/reward there) or some alternative markets that aren't as hot as Seattle.  

It is paramount in this environment that you "buy right" which is to say never pay over asking price.

So, follow up is paramount.  

Doing what you say you're going to do is paramount.

Hello BiggerPockets Members,As you all know, having a strong rolodex of general contractors is paramount in our business.

Finding and targeting a suitable property within “budget” should be of paramount importance.