I am currently moving through my first assignment of RPA escrow period and all of the seasoned people who shared their "assignment of agreement addendum" experiences and insight has given me the confidence to know I am moving in the right direction and taking the correct steps in order to close this transaction correctly. 

If there aren't issues with this and it wouldn't be too much extra work, I'm really just looking for an additional tool to incentivize our borrowers/purchasers to keep paying timely each month. 

It might help to give context to their complaints so we could decide if they should have known that.Most MTR guests won't have many complaints if the place is set up correctly and cleaned, so I always expect to handle anything they want, within reason and even a little beyond.

Taking advantage of these digital tools will help ensure that you reach a wide variety of potential tenants quickly and easily.

Your definition is correct for "legal non-conforming".The "legal" part of "non-conforming" is dropped when it doesn't apply so most commonly people call these units "non-conforming", "finished", "in-law suite/unit", or "bonus unit".Non-conforming: Any property that doesn't meet current zoning requirements.Legal non-conforming: A non-conforming property that was lawfully established under previous zoning regulations and is allowed to continue its use.Based on his posts @Mario Morales is referring to a non-conforming unit.

Yes, that's correct.

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Since I enjoy the management and improvements and tools and growing a business, I chose to acquire my own properties.As for whether syndication is the "best way" ... it's totally whether the syndicator is good or not. 

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One thought if Scottsdale still owned the notes was, see if we can buy them at a discount and make a spread on re-selling them, but having seen that interview, you're probably correct that they had already sold them on anyways, keeping that spread themselves (which never got back to investors!