Same thing with flipping; you just have to stick to your criteria and not get pressured into bending your criteria to force a deal to work.Everyone, it would be great if we all kept in touch and continued to share our experiences with one another.

The effects are often exaggerated and sometimes completely fabricated.The tenants caused the mold yet you keep bending over backwards to accommodate them.

I was stationed around the PNW and evaluated the markets in Bellingham, Eugene, Bend and Medford/GP. 

If this center is kind of mid block, access and sight lines are crappy, etc. then developer might have to bend more to get a deal done.

Allison, I have a few great banking contacts here in Bend that are very flexible.

Bend rates highly in some recent articles, and it's a nice place to visit.

The other thing is that there can be an opportunity to influence their decision or ability to bend on their criteria a bit if your finances are close, but not quite there, but you can convince them that you can deliver. 

If you have to drive and want a detached home, I'd look at suburbs even more east like Issaquah, North Bend, Redmond.

I've been on BP for a while now, but my family and I just moved up to the Granger/Mishawaka, IN area for a few months and I thought I'd reach out on BP to see if there are any other people in real estate in the area (...

It might take some convincing.I have 2 kids and after 4 years of bending her ear,  my wife gave me the go for owner occupied 4plex.