Your first home will be the cornerstone of your portfolio in many ways.

Everything worked out and my lender for this deal David Brown at Cornerstone Mortage was amazing and went the extra mile to get this deal done.

Essentially the must-have cornerstones of your foundation are:1) Bringing in new clients - through effective and hopefully not expensive marketing (I'll give ideas later)2) Wow-ing those clients - by being as competent and attentive as possible.3) Actively soliciting referrals and testimonials from them and EVERYONE you deal with - there are ways to make that easier.4) Keeping EVERYONE you know who could refer a client or might become a client on a 'watering system' of marketing that positions you as an expert in the field.

Even with that, if the owner will accept less because of the needed repairs, take it...I'm ust saying that Income needs to be the cornerstone of your valuation.As for co-branding the facilities, that is easily done and you can run both from the larger location.

:'(  I know real estate is the corner stone of wealth and I would like to begin building mine while I help other like minded individuals do the same.  

To get in on it, all you need to have is relationships, the corner stone to any real estate business. 

I have used Mike at Cornerstone inspections he does a very nice job! 

Bring a cornerstone tenant.  

The ketchup conundrum strikes at the very cornerstone of American diets.

I suggest you talk to a few local Milwaukee banks like Equitable, Commerce State, Waukesha State, Park Bank, Johnson Banks, Town, Waterstone, Cornerstone, North Shore, Port Washington State Bank  etc - talk to their residential side.