If you ask my wife, I am too stubborn to bend my rules.
If you ask my agent or the listing agent, I am not being flexible enough to bridge a “small” gap to a deal.
If you ask me, I am simply confident enough that I will eventually find a great home within my rules, that I am not stressing over near misses. I have gotten close enough recently to feed that confidence more nourishment.
I would not call it bad luck, just lack of opportunistic convergence. Now interests rates skyrocketing when I was trying to work one of those deals, now that was bad luck.
p.s. Santaluz is still a strong possiblity. If not to buy, then to rent until I buy there or in RSF.