I'm sympathetic to their situation but we are barely covering our moderate operating expenses.Should we?

I'm moderately new to REI and I get the same thing.

I love the city its in but the neighborhood has moderate crime right now.

May not be a typical experience, but less likely to happen if you show up in a moderately priced sedan or SUV.

Treasury yields are currently near all-time lows, interest rate spreads for most lenders remain at favorable levels, and underwriting guidelines continue to moderate due to an ever expanding supply of active lenders in the market.

I have a little experience in the real estate market when I purchased a family members house, performed moderate repairs and sold it. 

I'd be opening a business with moderate traffic and regular scheduled appointments (think barbershop, salon, etc)In my opinion the lender doesn't need to know about any future business plans or exactly what the renovation funds will be used for other than the fact that i will be renovating the property with that money and it is going to be my primary residence.

One needed a moderate rehab of about $25k, the other less than $10k.One negative part of the process for me was using their title agent.

That is encouraging that you can invest a moderate amount of money and have some credibility.

The posts were reported but it took 18 hours for their moderators to shut the thread down, and then new threads were started with the reposting of my personal information all weekend.