Also, there are different flavors of appreciation, and not all of them are speculative but they all sure are nice.

That changes the flavor of things.

I think a team approach is fine, select reputable and ethical players.Asking for and suggesting "Investor Friendly" team players is code for unethical or for those who may operate outside of the regulatory structure or such....someone who may be willing to look the other way.If that's the way an investor deals, good luck, they won't be in it for the long haul.If something is acceptable and lawful, then any professional in any aspect will work with you, it's not them that have a problem, it's your guru strategy and attitude in business.This is not directed at any one poster but a general statement from the various posts giving the flavor to the topic. :)

An associate of mine does vacation rentals in WV but its not my flavor.

It may all be flavored water and rot your teeth in the end but that's not what you need to focus on if you want to succeed in each position, let alone get to a different level.

If you’ve had bad experiences with investing in Baltimore since 2015 and feel like some of the properties are crap in some of these areas (that I haven’t mentioned) then that’s fine that’s your opinion and your experience, my opinion is that it isn’t but in no way am I attempting to change anyone’s mind by subtle insults on how they invest it’s best for folks to find out for themselves because what may be crap to you may be a diamond to another which is why I decided to shed light on the good things to take away from these inner city areas.I would assume that you’re still in Baltimore since you didn’t state otherwise so let’s just go with a more positive take on this response.why are you still investing in Baltimore?

At any rate, I don't have time to go into the whole story here, but I'm pasting a copy of the last email I sent him, which is a summary of all of our previous conversations, and you'll get a flavor of what I dealt with.

A couple years back, California redefined "Tobacco Products" to include vaporizers regardless of whether someone is vaping Tobacco, tasty flavors, or marijuana. 

There are lots of different flavors of FROR and buyouts.

@Patrick Liska The subtle point I was bringing about was that this work really must be conducted by experts, who specialize not only in the engineering of buildings, but also the specialized tax code.