She is one of the super sweet, soft-voice, always on your side (but will slice you if it gets her a better commission) realtors.

Another thing that you should look out for in the terms is the soft and hard locks on income.

Housing market is soft, look for motivated sellers...

Would you have paid 75,000.00 in interest and other soft costs even if you had just used 10 -12% money with no up front origination fees? 

I feel soft "warnings" do not mean much with this tenant. 

Looks like build-out costs are at an all time high (in the Bay Area) so we're looking at about $275 to $300 sq ft for total build out costs / soft costs, which makes this a project we won't be pursuing. 

My name is Allen Bass and I am new to real estate.

I actually went on the roof and it is soft in some areas so I know the plywood is probably rotted through. 

I'm just amazed at how much of the skills (soft and hard skills) that I've really developed over the last couple years have come from outside study and work I've been doing on my own to improve my understanding of the economy, business, finances/investing, leadership/communication, and real estate.  

Tread softly.