I'm sure  you wouldn't want that buddy!

I go into the house to find amazing $5/sq foot flooring throughout the property when I planned to do the $.70/sq foot flooring due to it being a cheaper house ($40k), so I called him and said "hey this really isn't in my budget I can't afford this stuff it is going to blow the budget".He started laughing out loud and said it was meant to be a surprise his buddy that works at a hardware store had someone bail on a special order of this oak bamboo flooring that is $5/Sq foot and he got it for $.99/ Sq foot and he was under budget on the rest of the house so he hooked it up.Just goes to show having a great contractor can make a world of difference.

I just bought my second house a few months ago and now live in it with 2 buddies that pay me rent which pays the mortgage, so all is well.

I do not have any handgun experience but have buddies willing to share guns at the range so I can get comfortable with a make and caliber before purchase.

Find at least one company that uses the software and ask them if you can call for advise if you are having trouble (preferably in your same time zone) A lot of the PM software companies have a 24 hr wait on support, so you either have to go to their support page and read to find your answers, or find a buddy you can call.

My buddy is transferring from St.

I'd have a couple GC buddies take a look and give you VERY conservative bids (read: on the high side) and turn those in to the lender, while asking them to reconsider.

friend of mine is doing this in portlandia.. look at the big developments I think in the netherlands or other parts of Europe they are away ahead of usAlthough my buddy is more of a philanthropist with this particular endeavor he even donated a fully functional one to the collage... although he hopes to some day turn that around and make them viable financing for himself as well.. but i bet he has spent 250k or more on this so far.. all for science / construction lab at the collage

I have a couple buddies that are in the same boat as me.

(Awwww)Now if you are looking for help out of state, I'd look to buddy up w someone here on Bigger Pockets in your target area.