As a fellow Seattle-ite, I certainly feel your pain! 

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If you do the design first and then try to fit it into a modular layout it will be painful. 2.

Through the painful process of elimination over the past 25+ years, we have found that strategically sending unsolicited offers to owners yields consistent and profitable results.Hope this helps.

I would guess the money moved to the end/user distribution & boutique products - oils, edibles, pain reducing compounds, etc.

Sometimes it's painful to read the comments on the loan and see the miscommunication going on.

The brutal reality nobody wants to talk about is that this 'thing' called Real Estate, like anything else worthwhile in life, is hard, requires a painful change in mindset, takes dedication, practice and time.Money is never the issue in any business.

Man that sounds like a great big pain in the ***.

The cash flow without appreciation markets (i.e. the Midwest markets) have a hard time scaling with inflation, is too small cash flow to make a significant impact to CA investors, can be a pain in the butt (building trusted team, potentially poor tenants, potential hidden cap expenses, potential Mother nature issues, etc.).What is good cash flow after all expenses in the Midwest after accounting for all costs including cap expenses? 

I feel your pain.