We who know John were more than shocked that he had “joined the dark side”.

Boy this is a hell of a shot in the dark…I was listening to a podcast several weeks ago…and the host/guest mentioned a book about building and scaling businesses. 

Unless you're on the beach, i'd avoid the flip flops and board shorts, but Also I think most people get defenisve or put off by suits when they are knocking on someones door, so Business Casual, collard shirt if that is something you'd wear or a Clean- Non Graphic T (unless you had your own made), clean cut dark denim jeans -- and some clean shoes. 

I have been audited by the commission (the result was minimal issues to address) and it is no fun.

On one hand, paying all cash minimizes risk and lets me reinvest profits quickly.

Purchase a SFH with cash (from HELOC) $114,000, minimal repairs around $3000 if that.ARV: $152,000I have a bank that will do "delayed financing". 80% LTV up to $114,000+closing costs. 30 year fixed at 5% or 15 year at 4.1%I should be able to get all my money back if it appraises correctly.

It's was all about maximizing every dollar spent and minimizing every expense we could to have as many dollars left over for profit for us. 

There should be mechanism to minimize duplicate or a question that's not having too much context. 

Placed too much emphasis on who he was rather than the property itself (but this investment property still had plenty of equity) and then had to foreclose on him because he went dark.

I also understand id be splitting the reward/ rent but that's why I think if I can pay 50% with him or 100% alone then is minimizes a lot of my risk. cast your vote and help me out, ahah I'm new here and to the world or real-estate so take it easy on me please.