If there's a hole, it may be a red flag.b) sensitivity analysis: I examine all the assumptions, and make sure I can live with the worst case scenarios.c) "Stall and see": if they are getting money over multiple years, and there is no penalty for investing later, I would usually wait so I get some real performance data, versus having to look at theoretical pro forma information.d) Recession stress test: I will not invest in anything, until I subject it to recession level stress and see if I can live with the result.

Looking at the market data and demographics, I suspect Clayton Co. may be a bit of a dark horse county in the metro Atlanta region.

It feels like a constant cart before the horse but I have become better at scaling over time, today own and operate 194 units mainly in the manufactured home space but we have more than a dozen single-family homes, a motel, and an apartment complex.I have myself in a CEO position but I also fill the position of sales and acquisitions.

We can all sit on our high horses and say "that's not the right way" but Imagine sitting on a project for a month not being able to do absolutely anything, paying 15% interest while you wait for the city to get to you. 

They bet on the Jockey more than the Horse. 

As the old saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink." 

Well not really because if the deal goes bad the B-D will get a bad rap and they make their living that way, so they do not want to back a slow race horse.

Also they have the ability to stall said permit until they put up landscape bonds which is the only thing the city is requiring now. 

PPI is the preferred measurement tracked by the Federal Reserve.But I loath merely tracking the inflation horse race like much of the media enjoys doing.

When you're poor, you think just to make it to the next day and stall time.