I'm going to make a trip out that way within the next few weeks to get a stronger feel for which pockets are good and bad, but I'm open to suggestion. 

Meaning, if the seller is BS'ing you, it's an attempt to show the seller that CF is stronger than it really is, and thus getting the buyer to pay more for the property. 

If you are currently at 50/50 and you give up part of your portion to cut in your wife, that makes your mother in law the majority owner which is a stronger position than either of the two of you.

This might make the argument stronger for the loan depending on what you think of #2 below.2.

The theory is that I'm going to get a stronger and stronger income stream documented through the Corporation that will be enough to qualify for traditional Fannie Mae financing in a year or so.

So unfortunately I have to say you might need stronger stats to defend you rankings

However, the appreciation is stronger in A-class areas. 

We all get stronger through our relationships and shared knowledge.Cheers to a successful real estate-filled 2016!

I feel like rental demand in general gets slightly stronger during an economic downturn.  

I was sold on the idea of wholesaling, and bird-dogging seems to be just about the same thing, except with a stronger relationship with another investor/mentor.