Anybody in Houston who can chip in?

But each of those moths of having to chip a little bit in will still be less than dropping $45k. 

Take chips off the table and be a ready willing and able buyer into something else .  

It says nothing about how many dollars will be in your pocket after you've counted your chips when the casino is closed. 

As the chips fall, you will get paid off. 

Meaning you can get a good solid income from buying blue chips like an office building in Manhattan but if you're looking to do better than you need to either have good timing/be lucky or be opportunistic or contrary.You have probably heard plenty of stories of people who have made tons of money in real estate in the last few years both commercial and residential.

It could also be a good bargaining chip after the lease expires if I either decide to sell outright or raise rent slightly. 

If I'm doing the work of finding, buying, rehabbing why give most of the positive income to another investors because they "chipped in".

They require a complete tear down because of the way they were originally designed and installed, but also because prior board members decided not to keep up with a regular paint schedule of the balconies to protect the wood, so the paint eventually chipped away and water did its damage.The lowest bid we have to repair these is $3 million. 

After 6 years some paint (not the whole house) is probably warranted; hallways and entrance ways get chipped up and rough looking.