So, who has this luck???? The beach house and the golf course house both had good potential. But both went under contract - grrrrr! It is a down market and both had been on the market for at least 4 months if not more. We could have slipped in and written a better contract in both instances because we can close so fast, but just can't see the sense in a bidding war in a down market.... So we walked from both...

Back to the drawing board! :) Every time we have lost a house in our past, we have always found something better. Let's hope the real estate gods are with us on this one!