For some it is just a means to be able to run a restaurant or make music.

All of a sudden they are wanting to “re-discuss” the lease because the neighbor’s dog barks a lot and they play music in the middle of the night ie 2:30am until 5:30am quite often - week days, weekends, it doesn’t matter.

Buying strictly on the premise of capital appreciation is a game of musical chairs that I'd prefer to not participate in!

So I was playing musical chairs with them much as you might with credit card balance transfers.  

That same analogy can be use with finding a plumber, listening to music, the pants we wear, or just about anything really.  

In the medium term I want the freedom to pursue music/circus at a high level while doing some amount of freelance software engineering (I'm currently a full time software engineer for a big company) on the side.Congrats on the contract! 

Do you have anything to do with music?

BRIC's connect with UAE or OPEC, I think that's it, the music stops.

She has written the Attorney General and she has composed and sent two letters off to her credit card companies.

Consulting" was legal verbiage as we couldn't state a "deposit" for some reason.This was a while back when composed and for the purpose of investors having skin in the game before they get me burning rubber with pitching deals, answering questions, etc...Plus, if I don't like someone I don't have to sell and just refund the $5,000 "consulting" fee (Happens 9 times out of 10) 🤷‍♂️As you know, our operation is boutique as we prefer it that way and I "touch" all investors personallyAnd even prior to that step we have tweaked and tweaked our investor on-boarding process.How to pre-qualify leads via POF, auto-responders, VA's reaching out with email questionnaire's, FAQ's via our website and so forth.A rigorous process to ensure both the investor criteria and our model are clear for all...I mean it took years and years to develop, adapt, change, etc...But I guess that ain't clear enough either for some 🙈 But then those same folks will give some wholesaler or wholesaler company like New Western 2 to 10k NON refundable EM weird right ?