As far as the no pool thing - you can probably have something comparable - hot tub, kiddy pool, outdoor grilling/lounging area with lights, cornhole/ other games etc.

When you meet with people and try to sell them on your services you need to use sell both the sizzle (flyers, single property websites, social media, etc) as well as the steak (price and making the house look really, really good).

In the DC metro I notice more properties are painting the plywood black and then painting the window grills over the black so it gives a false sense of a window.

Also Larry Harbolt meetings in Pinellas every monday at the Hiabachi grill.

I also use a full size van with shelving in it it's great, I got mine for $2,400 on craigslist it also has grills covering the windows but i've never had a problem with thefts.

I've been investigating the same matter and have been the most impressed by them so far (spoke to Todd Grill, the owner).

(Due to the SCOTUS ruling in Grill vs.

WELL worth the minimal extra expense in the long run.I burn toast, but I can find a guy that makes one hell of a grilled cheese! 

No doubt this guy will perform top notch work but after respectfully grilling him on prices ($3/sq ft for click lock laminate flooring install - I can install 200sq ft per hour myself, 350sq ft per hour with a helper), $3/linear foot for baseboard - ehhh...chalk it up to post-Harvey inflation.I sent it out to estimate again, my drywaller/painter came back with a decent price and we're moving forward. 

Imagine if one partner wasn't that nice.Now, That said I will grill you just as though I was interviewing you: All I need is to used his/her excellent credit, apply for funding receive funds, acquire property, sell then he/she gets a predetermined percentage.Do you really think I would want to risk my perfect credit on someone I barely know?