It's my first time to hear vacancy hacks and feel very excited about it.

@Nick Rivers, where do you feel you are coming up short?  

I feel like overall there is a lot of unknowns here for the reduction in interest rate to be worth the premium.

We’d like to continue with this project remotely, but the idea of managing contractors and overseeing a renovation from afar feels a bit daunting.Have any of you undertaken a similar project?

This is a lesson learned for me - I know to look for "missing" rooms for this now but I do feel that there was responsibility on your part as well.

Feel free to PM me. 

So I am looking forward to seeing a consolidation in viewership and would like to see a lot of traffic pushed back to YouTube.How do you feel about this?

I feel my money is best spent building a portfolio of cash flowing units.

If he doesn't need the cash now, you could also negotiate a split you're comfortable with to get him the return you and he feel he should have at the point you refi when the balloon payment comes due. 

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.