Even though I don't have long hour blocks in my day where I can dedicate to REI education or execution, these little efforts each day have taken me further than I was just a few months ago and will continue to take me much farther in my REI journey.

As a local government executive I was sued twice (in my capacity as city manager), have been sued once by an insurance company (abrogation effort) and once by a private individual (stepdaughter in car accident in my vehicle).

However, it's important to have your plans ready upfront so that you can execute it full speed when the time comes.

My assumption was that this was our way to work around using a bridge execution early on, but correct me if I am wrong here.

This is backwards, since women tend to be physically smaller and thus more vulnerable to attack, and are the overwhelming target of sexual assault. 

The transition of planning to executing has been a mess though.

I am not sure about your state, but in Arkansas, you need to either be a broker or have a broker in your office, officiating and executing leases.

If a loan officer/account executive couldn't answer that with no ambiguity and full certainty, I would seek another lender or, at the very least, another loan officer within the company. 

You accelerate our learning and keep us executing (better) on our investing goals.

You should talk to the attorney before you execute another lease.