@Jay HinrichsI know I was so disappointed in the outcome of him not being able to meet with me about this issue for about two weeks it was like we were playing phone tag back-and-forth.

Buy well-located property in the Bay, have some patience and I think you will not be disappointed.    

Have not been disappointed yet and we're in 4 different markets.I will add, we pursue more "individual" people versus a company/service. 

Stay local or risk the strong possibility of getting severely disappointed.  

If I had been disappointed from the first couple of months of not getting much under contract and quit, I would not have these great deals that I am currently waiting to close on.

I was disappointed as to how few can be deducted when I dealt with that topic for the first time.

This issue has been discussed several times in several forums, and what typically happens is that newer investors who are waiting on rehab or closing are disappointed in the amount of communication from the provider, and then all the old hats pop in to say that the reason there is so little communication during those processes is because there's no updates to give (I think Jay Hinrichs and Chris Clothier piped in on this issue when Chris A. first started this thread).

Price matterSI don't want to force a sale at this point I don't trust the seller, after misleading me about the number of permitted units, (I was disappointed but still willing to buy because it was still a good deal to me although it did need some work, which it was happy to do, I was looking for a project.)Also, never receiving the papers I asked for, which in this kind of a sale I don't feel like I was asking for anything out of the ordinary. 

Do it nice but realize the neighbor may be  disappointed as you did tell him in writing that he could use the space. 

So it was a disappointment when they originally OK'd the 90% LTV and now discovered that's it's a duplex they've gone only up to 80% LTV.