There are also others who assist in teaching you DD.Another route is to find a broker-dealer who invests in alternative investments like real estate funds as they will have done a lot of DD on the sponsor as well. 

Banks who offer construction financing tend to be 75-80% LTC and alternative/hard money lenders will sometimes offer higher LTC leverage than that.

I had an experience with a terrible tenant who reported me for a bogus claim but by making the claim it allowed me to gain access needed to get photos of the condition of the property, and then the tenant refused to allow maintenance people in which really helped prove my side of the situation.If possible, explore alternative dispute resolution options like offering the tenants a cash-for-keys agreement.

@Joshua Lanzieri when renovating older properties there are almost always negative surprises.Go watch any HGTV renovation show and most of them will have this as a cliff-hanger, forcing the choice of either going over budget or cutting back elsewhere.10% overruns happen often, but 50% is NOT acceptable!

Artwork is often personal choice, but you definitely need some stuff there.

So, you're actually making the argument *against* debt (not for it).I think you mis-understand debt, risk and the alternatives.

Best case under such circumstance is they find alternative financing and simply over paid for the property.good luck

There're some alternative planning approaches, but they are always case-by-case.  

It won't be as promising; the saturation of this thematic investing choice has defeated it's purpose.

So, we felt we had no choice but to stick with this guy.Move on to the end of June.