For those more entrenched in the Denver development market than I am, is this a fair trade for the city and for the developers?

But day trading is a job at best and a nightmare at worst. 

I am a teacher by trade, but I am looking to get into real estate since I've been interested in it for years.

The only thing we can think of is he deals with a lot of international trade and money and maybe it’s OFAC we just get a scripted message every time we talk to someone so we got lawyers involved. 

He is a contractor by trade and I am the sales and numbers guy to loosely define us.

I have my real estate license and am also an occupational therapist by trade- but truly I don't want to be in healthcare OR to help others to buy/sell- just want to get more properties under my own belt!

Now think of this "work" as a combination of trade school and actual work.

They’d rather just trade toys on the sly and call it a day.3.

This cap rate is not completely out of the realm of what things are trading at.  

Write it up to an education, spend some time sharpening your support team (particularly in the trades) and start thinking about how you can do it again!