It makes everything so much cleaner and prevents the classic, "I don't remember saying that".

Happy to give you some more detail if you are interested, but this is a the classic area that people invest in from out of state and then lose their ***. 

The advantage in germany is, that if you get a classic bank-loan, you generaly only need to pay the closig costs; so leverage is better here.I bought my appartment really cheap. 1k per square meter.

Hey @Timothy Joseph,I haven't seen that one yet, but it's an instant classic!

As an investor and realtor in the local area, I can tell the classic answer to all of your questions, "It depends." -- Occupancy - Varies greatly. 

Trim - semi gloss painters white Bathrooms - Brook greenBedrooms - elephant skinLiving/Kitchen/Dining - classic silverSometimes I use Statuesque as a third gray color.

As I read your reply I’m realizing that I am your classic case of analysis paralysis.

Once you get your immediate questions resolved, you may also want to look at the larger landlord picture to get some ideas about the future people and property issues you'll  face.I did a short blog on some "classics" of landlord literature for newer landlords you may like.

He sells classic cars and needs a 20,000+ sq ft building to store his inventory in or near Smithfield Rhode Island.

Unless you're looking for a lender that isn't going to sell the loan to Fannie Mae then finding another lender likely won't solve the issue.In my opinion condos are the worst real estate investment to make (for most individual investors) simply because something as small as a defect in the construction can cause a lawsuit and prevent anyone from buying houses in the development for years to come.My personal situation is a classic example.