These goals are nothing more than reaction to your present environment.

He was patient with my initial negative reactions that were mostly based on fear.

If you are worried about what people in the business would think, what reaction do you think you'll get from those who are getting this in their home?

So no ratty clothes.However, you don't want to look rich, because their reaction to that might very well be resentment that the rich guy is taking advantage of them.Neat, clean, casual.

More importantly, what is the investors reaction going to be?

A simple law of physics states: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

My initial reaction is that you are giving away profit centers you should be collecting on your own. 10% is not uncommon from what I have seen.

Obviously an over-reaction now that the horse is out of the barn, but it is what it is.I'm not running a conduit operation like these big turn-key investment companies, that buy/rehab, then sell to end-buyers on a turn-key basis.

Our panel included some really great people and the reaction to it was quite good.

Be stearn, see his reaction and take it from there, you may be pleasantly surprised.Peter