You will find all sorts of good stuff for free or next to nothing.

You can look into an Asset depletion loan or some sort of trust income loan.

There is no way for the Fed to give us any sort of soft landing in real estate.

Or what about the syndicator who wanted to complete a condo conversion but the units are going to be geared towards empty nesters and that buyer is not motivated to make that next move until rates calm down & the GP is forced to continue to carry a building as a rental asset when that's not its true or highest and best use but still projects to be an excellent development once the market conditions are better aligned..... 

But like you said, you want the work done quickly, so keeping him motivated is important too.

I am motivated and excited to learn, mingle and get to know some of you.

Projection models allow you to answer all sorts of "If I do X, what will happen in Y years?"

The only reason I can think of, is that they have some sort of deal with this middleman, and stand out to make a commission out of this.

I assume that even though there are a few steps of contract relationship (me to designer to them and maybe to a sub beyond that), that I still would own liability in any sort of event. 

They wondered why these sorts of incidents simply wouldn't be claimed under the general liability coverage of $1M.