What excites me about commercial MF (5+ units) vs residential MF or SF is the concept of "Forced Appreciation".

Also, we could have prevented the electrician from going Edward Scissorhands on the drywall.

I'm new to the whole message board concept, but I wanted to try it out and introduce myself.

Now I do a recorded webinar, so it's similar to the conference call concept but with a visual component so I can share photos of the project, charts, and data during the discussion so that viewers don't have to flip through printed material to keep up with the conversation.

Non-real estate investments (like a bank account) are based on the accumulate and draw-down concept while real estate is based on the accumulation of income streams.Accumulate and Draw-DownThe traditional investment concept (stocks, bonds, savings, CDs, 401Ks, etc.) is to accumulate enough capital at one time so that later you can draw-down (withdraw) funds over a period of time.For example, if you put $5,000 in the bank and draw $500/Mo. it will last you 10 months.

I think it takes away from the concept of helping our clients grow a stronger portfolio.

It's kind of the same concept as doubling a penny everyday for 31 days which is $10,000,000.00. 

There is one that a local builder just finished here and it sold the first day one market.I'm really interested in combining green efficient housing with the storage unit concept and integrating some sort of home garden with the design, similar to how restaurants are growing their own greens.

Noe, I agree with your concept, but not your conclusion.  

or should I chalk this up as a potential scam He has a good concept for a funding program for renovation and flipping the property which is why I was wondering if anyone has done business with him.