However, there is something about real estate that has drawn me to it, and I can't seem to shake it.

You mentioned your math shakes out to 150/month cash flow on a property that costs 150k?

It will take work, it will take time, you will have problems (most of them will be in the first year and some may even be big), but don't let it shake you and if you continue with the same enthusiasm that you have now, you will never regret it.Good luck!

A good broker can communicate between multiple lenders and often times has established relationships within the C-suite levels of multiple lenders that they can make calls on your behalf to "shake some trees" and get things processed not just in a timely manner, but in a manner that is on time based on what you are trying to do.Unfortunately it is not uncommon per se, but knowing where these hang-ups tend to happen and how to time everything based on lenders timelines and processes is where it can be helpful to have 'go to' lenders that you are familiar with, and they are familiar with you to help get things done.Good luck though, happy to help where/if I can.

Also, if you're close family members and everyone wants to stay that way, then upfront you should probably agree together that noone is going to be 100% happy with the split and shake hands on staying close--- blood's thicker than water and all that :wink:

If the agent is looking at you and shaking their head saying "It's a beautiful house, I don't know why it's not selling", you need a new agent.

How do the numbers shake out, if you incur the cost?

And Regus PLC is a shared-space company with leases on more traditional offices that has been in the business since the dotcom.There's a small field of startups fresh with cheap capital in similar manner, looking to shake up traditional office-leasing.

Shake it off and get this deal to exit.  

Not for nothing, when I see that kind of hoarding, as a landlord, I gasp and shake my head.