However, I come back to Occam's Razor.

There have to be slots for your mind to wander as you consider the information. 

That puts you in a very dangerous place...I guess these guys don't realize the risk because they've only been in the game for 5 years...I love the guys and their personality...900 hundred units is freaking phenomenal...I have seven...so I'm a minnow in a ocean full sharks...But with the loom of a market correction, I want 50 percent of my units free and clear, so when all he'll breaks loose, I can thrive and not hope to survive...

Seller is no longer in title simply nothing they can do.. buyer puts junior debt behind and then defaults.just so many things that do not favor seller... and of course you have sharks that do this as a scheme and I won't even go into what they do so not to give any of the bad actors ideas  LOL

But my concern would be that when you are networking to seek this type of sponsor, you are going to spread the word that you are sitting on a pile of cash and inexperienced (based on your desire to be mentored), which can attract some sharks too.

Does it make more sense to refinish the hardwood floor on a rental or prego over the existing.. seems both prices are about the same just wood save me slot more time refinishing it.Thanks

I took all of this into consideration as well but I just feel like in a market as hot as we are in now, especially here in my area where competition is insane, that any potential deal that has a chance at turning a decent profit would be eaten up simply because there's so many sharks in the water.

Small banks that are well-capitalized and uninterested in running lists of mortgages in and out can do this kind of thing if they are so inclined, so it really looks like you've found a nice slot! 

@Simon Stahl be careful of the sharks in the water... you just put a ton of chum in the water. 

Also, in no particular order...fish tape, wire stripper/cutter, wallboard texture gun or at least spray cans, scrapers for wall repairs, drill bits, screw-driving bits, utility knife, oscillating saw, adjustable wrenches, nail set, speed square, miter box, handle for plunge-cutting hacksaw or drywall saw, rasp, caulk gun, razor-blade scraper.