I do truly want to hold on to it and I think I'm just nervous to change my manager, though I don't feel it is going as well as I'd like it to.

You can make the determination by examining the mechanical systems yourself and finding out their age or hiring an inspector to evaluate the systems.

Their solution was for me to take over ownership of not one but five homes from Jeff's portfolio, all of which I had sold him and subsequently leased.Despite my being patently unfinanceable, the bank president placed a bet on me because I knew the homes, I knew the tenants, I knew what I was doing, and I was rabidly hungry.

You may have to search a bit for the right contractor or engineer - sometimes I see one solution dominating in an area - "that is how we always do it" 

It’s interesting how you mention that offering flexibility as a lender has opened up opportunities for borrowers to pursue deals they might not have otherwise been able to.As a private money lender, I'm always looking for ways to improve my services and better support investors like yourself.

Building a team is something after you build the skills yourself, then teach them to other people to leverage more and more.

You have to pay people to do things for you, you would normally do yourself.

Do you think this might be your area? 

They said they'd do it through a title company if I didn't trust them, but they really needed the 2% fee to get everything rolling for the loan.

This is the max it seems most "A" lenders will loan too, I might get 50% from a credit union but that still probably not help in the short term.How do people keep going?