But my friends who practice in other areas are quite used to the expectation that attorneys should take all the risk even when there's a small or nonexistent pot of cash at the end of the rainbow.

Lawyer ... that ended that conversation and the item was removed.there are remedies for breach of contract.And I think its one thing that wholesalers need to understand if they are really just selling RE without a license then there are risks.. they have a very week standing in the transaction.. they get all puffed up about ethics etc. and they themselves are the ones that are skating around the laws of the land.. talk about the pot calling the kettle black..  

When you eventually take distributions from the IRA in retirement, they will be treated as regular income, but, by deferring the taxes over a period of time, you should have a larger pot to draw from.Often times the better comparison when evaluating an IRA investment into real estate is to weigh the expected performance of the real estate with other investments the IRA can make.  

Likely you will need to have it inspected and approved for that pot of money before putting tenants in using those subsidies.

A bench and a couple chairs will do more for the porch then a railing would anyway. 

I don't want to stir the pot by telling the tenant about the ongoing HOA complaints (long story).

Once in Waxahachie a tenant accused someone on my crew for stealing his pot.

Today my agent informed me that I got my first two investment properties under contract. Still need to do inspections and walk through but they look promising. Hoping they will be cash flow machines for years to come....

Since he is not divorced his future ex could try and take some of the property as well since they are still marriedYou are asking for trouble based on the ingredients in this pot.

I'm not sure where you are in your REI journey, but I would offer you some advice from my experience; Don't be afraid to jump off the bench and play the game!