I've been through it several times, I feel your pain.Not to add salt to the wound, but the only thing worse than the ridiculous legal squabble over an open envelope is that you were paying the bill for the cost of the lender's counsel to give you all of that grief.  

My wife and I unexpectedly wound up buying a new primary residence for ourselves (kid number 4 is in process, and our current house just wasn't cutting it anymore) which took up what I had slated as down-payment money for the next two properties.

The last thing any inspector should want is a post on the internet saying something like, "Such-and-such Inspection Services couldn't tell the difference between a swamp cooler and a central AC unit that wound up costing me $8,000 to correct."

The Coaching sessions had him take over $100k out on Credit Cards to purchase a property in Las Vegas, pre-Financial Crisis.He wound up buying a SFH and rented it out, but after the crash, Vegas property values plummeted  by about 70% of it's pre-Crisis Peak.

. :) No, I bid 8 times and they wound up selling to a new bidder that came along last minute who bid same price as I did... very disappointed in that one.

Acting as my own GC, I was able to save quite a bit, and only took out a small loan, so I wound up with about 500k in home equity.I briefly considered selling, but decided against it partly because I have been Airbnb'ing when I'm not there and the cashflow is great, and partly because of my emotional attachment to my first build!

I have found myself a little wound up recently thinking, "now now now!".

Obviously, this is a self-inflicted wound.

Dave,I wound STRONGLY suggest that you stay away from ANY formal investment groups, especially anything that comes under the grips of the SEC.

I have a good friend, purple heart recipient who happened to be gifted a free home for wounded warriors in Orange County.