Once you've done your research and chosen a market, take action.

It's human nature.So you have someone running an illegal business on your business premises.

I'd say first identify a strategy, choose a market that aligns with it and establish your Core 4 Real Estate Team.The main challenge I observed is that individuals often lack a clear end goal or strategy or they select a market that doesn't align with their chosen strategy.

PMs are human just like the rest of us.

Then I donate the toilet to the local Habitat for Humanity Restore for a tax credit.  

Toward the end I had an NOI of $450 a door on class C properties (which is the overwhelming majority of Burlington).But …There’s a human-side that has changed dramatically.  

He will no longer deal with the title company and this lawyer so I have chosen to seek a new attorney based title company to be sure no more legal issues arise to delay this further since the family member will sign but not to these people.

Its just human nature to buy or change lifestyle as one gets more successful but not at the expense of pilfering the projects. 

I think your head is in the right place, but you've chosen a bunch of shiny objects over building relationships with real-life investors near you.When you say you've been trying to get your hands on real estate for a year, what do you really mean?

This is why people don't like renting to friends/family because its human nature to mix emotion into the decision making and that makes dealing with managing the investment messy when things go sideways.