Katy, Houston, Pearland being some of the better areas for schools of all levels.If you don’t have kids and aren’t planning to (or at least any time soon), you might be inclined to ignore schools.

I do not think the voters that voted for this are smart enough to realize that the this rent control will lead to no new multi family construction, minimal maintenance occurring leading to plighted areas, and a significant reduction if rental housing stock.If the voters are so ignorant that they ignore the experts/economists, then they get what they asked for even if what they asked for is not what they were expecting.If you have rentals in St Paul, I would be looking to sell. 

Most commercial properties are owned by investors and investors don't get to that point in their career by being ignorant or foolish.

The videos you see van sometime be inspiring, but they also fail in regards to teaching newbies how to invest because while there may be a number of important factors that are discussed in videos and books there are thousands of important factors that are purposely ignored.

I was referred to a lender who is not affiliated with a bank or major institution, something I am not at all familiar with so apologies for my ignorance on this.

Agreed I dont want to play mediator but since I engaged once,  I dont want to ignore texts.

So here comes my question:What 'type' of Accountant provides the most expertise to an investor's team, especially a new ignorant investor? 

If they sell it for $50k less than they paid for it, they will have to take a write down [this isn't technically true because of loss reserves, but lets ignore that] and write downs are bad.

@Jacob Lasater, Hi, if you have not, great books to read are: Rich Dad, Poor Dad The Millionaire Next Door Cash Flow Quadrant Tax Free Wealth Set For Life Rental Property Investing The Millionaire Real Estate Investor The REAL Book of Real Estate So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Please excuse my ignorance, but when a property is placed “UNDER CONTRACT “ are you referring to an official California Department of Real Estate form?