The owner did not want to do them, but they were ok selling me the home at a discount so I could do the suggestions.

I've played quite a bit of email and phone tag with different departments representing the City of Jacksonville and haven't been able to get a solid straight answer.

Do not pass go, go straight to jail and pay the $14,000 fine.....plus whatever civil costs arise. 

When reaching out for the first time, it might be best to focus on introducing yourself rather than diving straight into the topic of purchasing the property.

Assuming some hypothetical foolhardy person chose not to heed your advice and jumped straight into BRRRR, do you think they could significantly improve their odds of success by putting an uncommon amount of effort into finding and building a mutually beneficial relationship with an investor-friendly GC? 

Making only $4000 a month for a capital outlay of $900,000+ is poor investment and so you would have to take a large discount in order for most note investors to get involved especially if these are second liens.  

I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck negotiating bulk orders of flooring at a discounted price.

A- The thought is He SELLS his $1,425,000 WRAP AROUND Note at a DISCOUNT to an INVESTOR who agrees to fund around $900,000 In Cash. 

However, it seems I can buy a shipping container of vinyl plank flooring direct from China at a significant discount.

In 2023, we found that we had to discount the pricing 5% from the Rentometer results because a lot of our rentals needed to come down in price before they rented.