First off I sent them endless documents to prove I owned the rental property and it took over a week of back and forth to get the property approved.

Thanks to endless shows on HGTV etc.

The US government actually even employees thousands of civilian marine engineers with a near endless demand.

Maximize the return per door, instead of endless growth and leverage.   

The whole area of Financial Planning is endlessly fascinating to me and I would guess to many here on this BP forum. 

It seems like this project will take tons of both with endless risk for who knows what return and when.

I just talked to a seller who had decided against a short sale because he doesn't want to spend his waking hours sending Wells Fargo endless documentation that they will lose and ask for again.

It's a lease in one document.The other is the Option agreement, at the end of the option period, they need to have 10% or more in the option or paid.They might pay $6,000 at signing, or Say they pay $3,000 at signing, they could add to thier account $84 each month or any amount to have the total there when the option is taken, orThey could sign a note for the option price, with interest and you could finance the option price. 182.53 pays 6k in 36 months at 6%.The arrangements can have endless solutions as to how the get the option price paid over the term.If they sign a note, the note is "good" as it is given for the option and so long as the note is current, they can take the option as agreed, at any time over the term.If they don't buy, technically, the note is still good, it's a debt for having given the option, it was the option price and they could have taken the option at any time over the term, so it is still owed.

A couple weeks ago I was scanning endless docs for my lender and hit my breaking point.  

A little more laid back than a big city would be but endless things to do and a quick shot into Durham and nearby towns offers additional shopping, sports events, national forests and parks, etc.