Partnering with a friend can be great, or can ruin the friendship.

When we get in, the hole in the roof ruined all the ceilings and its so far gone we can't fix & flip and make any profits, as we won't make any money putting $50k into it, so we are doing a rental rehab, keeping pink tile and green toilet, putting in a renter, and will sell it as a loaded rental after that to an investor as a turn-key property. 

There are other similarities between these types of professions as well, and those I mentioned are also positive traits of successful people, regardless of their industry.Real estate does not fall into a comparable arena, to my knowledge no one ever died from a real estate contract or any deal gone bad, oh, you can get into big trouble and ruin your life, but you won't likely die from it nor will anyone else from your bad decisions.

They ruin their name and reputation.I am really surprised you said we were using high pressure sales, maybe you haven’t been exposed to real High Pressure sales.

My friends and family caution me that what I'm about to do will ruin my life but I don't want fear of the unknown destroy a potential future avenue ahead for me.

I really think they are in the business of ruining landlords so to then make even more money off of their poorly managed properties by selling, but that's just my personal bias hunch.Also, check out my pic of us suited up in this mold infested REO lol :-) (I'm the one throwing up a peace sign).

Anyway, we were wondering if there was a way to gain occupancy (to start moving our stuff and make minor repairs) so that our schedule isn't completely ruined.

We never had an issue with robberies and I don't really want to void the window warranties and ruin this brand new purchase.

This is likely going to ruin MY holiday.I appreciate the tips@Alexander FeliceI wouldn't.

But my question is will the min lot size requirement of 5000 sq ft ruin my chances at any expansion?