Every time it will get easier and faster, and more natural.

and the realization only came to me... that the money is truly there... after... i placed my mindset in the direction of financial freedom and started documenting my journey...Note... remember conventional loans, or HELOCs or anything else in that nature that can help you get your multi family house.. .if you have an existing home or no existing home... are nothing but the tools for you to get closer... but diving into these tools, causes hassle factor... and causes your brain to operate across different spectrum... making it frustrating and making it very tough to understand...However, it becomes a lot less difficult to understand things when you do have money... simply because your brain begins to think differently when you already place your self in the position that you actually already gathered that 100k.....  

The ultimate goal in determining whether the provider's account fees meet your needs should be the value provided, not just in fees you'll incur, but also including intangible factors such as highly experienced professionals and responsiveness to client needs.Funding Time Frame - I would argue that this is the most important factor, as moving quickly is the nature of the real estate investment community. 

Equity is by nature a part of profit and therefore an investment. 

And typically lenders like working with 1031 investors because of the static nature of their exchange proceeds.  

Then I'm told by architects that duplexes are built to a different standard than three plexes, like requiring fire escapes, which by appearances change the nature of the neighborhood, often generating opposition.

I hate to say it, but this person has preyed on your good nature and will now become your worst nightmare.Spend the money now to try and avoid a massive problem, but dig those heels in because I think its going to be a long ride.After seeing what you've said, I invite others to weigh in, but knowing what you've just told me, you've got a professional scam artist in your property and this won't end well.

I think part of it is just his nature and the other part is trying to help out the kid with an older and (hopefully) wiser perspective.

There's no such thing as a "natural store of value".

Having a team seems like a naturally good idea in addition to that endless supply of capital.