Well, for the past few years my wife and I have been living in a property which was our first creative acquisition and was intended to be a rental property.
Timing is sometimes everything in real estate.
Nobody bid during the week of Christmas and we were the first bid to hit the office as soon as it made the extended list. We had an excellent agent who figured this was going to happen and he was right on the money. Not bad for 26 years old I think. Much thanks to all of you experts on the site whose wisdom in these matters, as well as encouragement, continues to assist so many of us.