Between not wanting to spend the whole day in court and stupidly hoping that this was her “wake up call” and she would actually start paying again, I caved and we wrote out a payment plan, based on when she got her paychecks and both signed it.

So, yes, I live in Bend, and if I could afford it I would love to develop something here, but due to the cost I'm looking to build RV Parks southwest of here in the Grants Pass / Cave Junction areas where the dirt is much, much cheaper but where there is at the same time a huge demand for low cost living spaces.

We have grown accustomed to having roofs over our heads and I will not return to living in caves.

But when I showed her all the info she caved pretty quickly.

Who was that delightful and hilarious guest you had on today?

This could approximate a true market discount rate of real property for valuation purposes.If you are not running a REIT and writing a whitepaper on modern portfolio theory for alternative asset classes like real estate, you'll likely find more success as a small real estate investor using "3. comparable sales" and talking the capitalization rate jargonIf you do take on the task of determining the market discount rate, please post your methodology and assumptions; I would be delighted to review and provide feedback

man cave?

You could inexpensively have guest quarters, a man cave, or an office.

I then explain that nothing would delight me more than paying them a commission, but they have to earn it. 

I feel like I've been living in a cave all these years, trying to hide all of my finds because other investors weren't so open to sharing information/knowledge (without a ridiculous fee) and even though real estate books have been a great resource, they don't provide live feedback or up-to-date information.