Occasionally, an owner will have a friendly preexisting relationship with another local owner, and decide to give them a call to see if they would like to buy.I hope I answered the right question.

When you choose not to step into a tenant's personal relationships and challenges and focus only on what makes for a qualified tenant/enforcing the lease, you're officially running a business. 

This is not always the case but for the last several deals, this has been my go-to starting line-up.Real Estate Agent: We have a good relationship with one particular agent in one of the markets we invest in and he has been invaluable.

I have 10 plus year relationship with them.

Some lenders, if you have a good relationship, may allow you to bundle up multiple properties together to increase the loan amount.

That can crumple your relationship with other agents even when you had a good faith belief that your client was going to keep to their promise.

@NA WolffReal estate is a relationship business.

@Mao Pmn most established contractors you don't have a relationship with will be hesitant to follow you around to give bids on properties your are not at least under contract on. 

And keep in mind...Terms are important, but never as important as credibility and relationship.

If the facts are as stated and there was a good tenant landlord relationship prior, your landlord is being a first class *&^and is extremely shortsighted to boot.