If you want accurate advice then you need to be truthful starting with yourself and then be willing to make the effort to include in your posts the critical information that will bury you.

To get started, I've decided to build a strong educational foundation as I believe this will be critical to my long-term success in this industry.

To get started, I've decided to build a strong educational foundation as I believe this will be critical to my long-term success in this industry.

But I get your point - goal would be to push the limits with Starbucks to see how much do they want to be on this site and based on that negotiate some of the critical terms you mentioned in my favor.

I could give you a list of questions but it is critical you first understand and define few things before jumping in asking question to a broker or a seller.

The intangibles of how they are in person, is the critical component  and why IMO I'd never just go off what they are like on paper.

THIS IS WAY TOO LONG. this document is critical to a wholesale investor because it is what protects us from any dishonest sellers/buyers cutting us out of a deal. i do not want to know what it feels like to lose money on a deal just because i couldnt get this figured out. 

In spite of what anyone says, those who loan their own money will always be the most critical of you and your deal.

I suppose the first order of business is going to be to get good at analyzing deals in the market and have someone more experienced review them to make sure I'm not making critical mistakes in underwriting.

I hope you find a solid GC to move forward with this project but I will say that will be critical to pulling this off.