Market risk comes more from location of property in market, access, highest and best use for property, ability to revenant property, size of market, etc. 

I may be a bit arrogant when it come to my ability in ready people and my “trust no one 100%” survival philosophy.

To determine the best option, we should run the numbers for both scenarios and see which is more profitable.

I don't frankly know I have a dinner with him in a week or so will get more detailI know he bought a facility .. he owns dirt all over Oregon so that's not an issue.. and I know he has the financial ability to execute.. what I don't know is if he has just done these so far for his own account or has sold to the public.Standby I will find out and report back..

You do have a lot of leverage, and your comfort level is a personal decision for you based on your finances and ability to sleep at night. 

.- Being made fun of by some forum power users- making other forum users actively angryI think that the remedy here might be less about how to determine whether there is a right or wrong side of the letter of the law with our forum rules, and to think instead about how team members can be trained to add genuine value to forum discussions and position themselves and your firm as the kinds of folks who really add value to forum posts.

Are there certain abilities that come with having one? 

I used to use the 2% (and now 1%) rule just to initially screen properties quickly to determine if they should cash flow (as a rule of thumb).  

They are properties circulated to long lists of unsophisticated buyers and if you are the highest offer you’ve likely outbid a bunch of prospective buyers who underestimated their improvement costs or overestimated their ARV while most likely  proceeding without the ability to perform normal transaction diligence.

Also to note my brother is a journeyman plumber who is willing to help on any plumbing repairs should they come up.Financial ConsiderationsThe numbers look good using the BiggerPockets calculator, but I have concerns about our ability to pull off a BRRRR strategy due to cash reserves and DTI constraints.