It was a full-time job to manage my property manager here--and a good thing I did because the mistakes (often involving them wasting my money) just kept piling up.

Money has to come from somewhere so where will it come from.issue will be if they increase sales tax it will be regressive tax as those who rent and don't own and have low wages will still pay more for everything.

I took no money from the cash flow (when there was any) and I never made a late payment to the bank.This fall, nearly 12 years after the bank gave me that house, and over 15 years after I knocked on that door - after evictions, vacancies, insurance claims, and never taking a dime out of it - I sold that house and placed all of the proceeds in a 1031 exchange.

private money lenders? 

Never offer earnest money.

We plan to pooling our money for down payment & closing costs.

Really established our finances and money goals.

Never sell occupied unless you’re losing money hand over fist. 

They might be willing to give different terms especially to a high net worth person that they can likely make money on cross selling.

It is a complimentary strategy to pull some of your money back and hedge your bet.