While you are correct, the asbestos must be friable to be a risk and, if you take steps to ensure it is safely encased, you can coexist with it and have no issues.  

He recognizes & acknowledges who has the power, learns the hot buttons, gets in harmony with the horse & simply guides & encourages - nothing more.That is the job, guide & encourage the client & remove your selfish need to be recognized as a hero of sorts or you must win because in the end, your interests have zero value.Where negotiations breakdown is when you the negotiator starts injecting ego & other insecurity emotions, which creates resistance. 

Rick Harmon is an asset to Bigger Pockets and is a master when it comes to the situation you are dealing with.

Saying that distributions will come out after expense, debt service, and reserves and then saying that the investor is to receive 5% of the NOI cannot co-exist. 

Multifamily and HOA's don't co-exist in Htown area very well.

The close friend that was unfortunate enough to align with an agent not in harmony with their wishes is their opinion and experience.  

It’s unfortunate really because it was one of few places where tenants and landlords lived harmoniously as neighbors and now the tenants are forced to fight for regulations just so they can keep affording to live in their hometown. 

@Robert Harmon, I take it you mean "first INVESTMENT property", (having already "bought" your primary residence)?

Rick HarmonI really like what you are doing. 

After 9/11, muslim and terrorist became synonymous due in large part to Bush's intolerance, and with a large percentage of the world being muslim, this can only serve to hurt our foreign relations -- and create more terrorists that want to bring down our way of life.We need a President that can both have a strong foreign policy but can also build bridges to create as-close-to-peaceful co-existence as possible between countries and people who have different beliefs.