We had tenants turn the heat OFF in the condo before leaving town for Christmas (and they didn't even have to pay utilities!).

Fast forward, this comes up every christmas..

Nothing crazy, like a laptop to replace one thats like 10 years old as a christmas gift. 

I love seeing the positive appreciation from honeymooners making lifelong memories in our Smoky Mountain cabin.The dude who fleeced me on a deal (same age also with children) will buy Christmas presents for his kids with the delta earned from angle shooting and lying to me in a deal.

Going through Christmas and New Years, the leads were silent.

If it takes 3-4-5 years to sell it....or longer, you might just be buying a big liability vs an asset.Saw some others near San Antonio before Christmas. 

I want to be able to give my children every option out there if they wanna attend Harvard I don't want to have to tell them well you worked hard for the grades but daddy can't afford that I want them to have a good Christmas every year a good birthday every year and be able to do any extra curricular activities they want to when I head to see our Lord I don't want to leave them with debt I want to leave them with security

I owned a bar with an apartment in the Dominican Republic when I went to college and It was so frustrating to be so far away and have to rely on local boots on the ground to relay data (in fact the manager spent all my cash for the project on a gambling Christmas cocaine party, ended up in jail and my boat got stolen by some Haitians trying to migrate to Florida but thats a whole different story).

I'm reminded specifically of a scene from the animated "A Christmas Carol" with Mr.

I was working as a bartender and she had saved every single birthday, christmas, graduation, etc. gift I had ever gotten for this moment.