From my position reading many of the posts (got tired of the negativity, so I might have missed some), this post brought out the worst of some.

Last week it was up at 3:30 AM every morning for 6 days to open the store at one job,,then closing the other store till about 10PM every night....THAT makes me tired. 

Early in his career, the investor had started off buying rental properties, moved on to small multifamily units, but got tired of "tenants and toilets", and is now involved in commercial multifamily.

When he started he was single, but I think he's done as the wife and kids are tired of moving.I did this on a small scale, buying my second residence because of the great owner occupied mortgage rate, and it was FHA.   

One suggestion is to have a room dedicated to people that have over 10 posts to weed out the "tire kickers". 

Might make them manage their kids a bit closer once they get tired of paying for their tantrums.

I got tired of working out there and came on in to the city a couple of years ago.

Much cheaper than putting in laminate and replacing it every 12-18 months when the tenants get tired of tripping over the raised seams and the surface starts to peel off revealing the fiberboard core. 

@Jay Hinrichs I mentioned many times in my post that Wholesalers are selling without a license and that was the main difference between agents and WS (Wholesalers ) in getting tired of typing Wholesalers so it's now WS, I'm not sure it's illegal to sell real estate without a license in every state, maybe se states do require one.

I do some brokering and we do a $199 (refundable) app fee to weed out the tire kickers that's applied to closing and covers the BPO and a few other fixed costs, so a small amount up front isn't necessarily a bad thing, but $2500 is crazy.As has been stated, a private lender is just that, someone you know that will lend you money.