:) the other two were more moderate rehabs, but other concerns stem from the age of the houses.

@Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner might say there is some problem with the site, but I suspect your trouble just stems from being new since you were able to create this topic.

There are always people interested in starting restaurants or expanding one they have, so it would be good to know about the available space.FYI, I work with a number of people in the cannabis industry, and you're right to say "no," given that it's a primarily residential mixed-use building, which probably means kids living in the apartments.

Further, and I think this happens often with newer note investors, the lens being used in an idea of poor property condition stems from trying to treat Note Investing like Real Property Investing.  

With the rise in cannabis awareness around the country and this region being long known for its farms, does this provide a whole new market? 

I think the issue stems from generational poverty, people not seeing or knowing differently.  

Yeah, my step-father used to own a mortgage company and I learned early on in this business that the world "flipping" has a negative connotation in some circles, especially among the old-timers.But, this attorney sat down with us and talked through our experience and our detailed business model (which is rehabbing and reselling) and still presented to us that he thought what we were doing was a risky undertaking, especially if a buyer thought we didn't do a good job on the rehab.Here is where I think this stems from:1.

The banker has on-going compliance concerns which stem from origination and those stay for the life of the loan.

This question stems from what Grant Kemp was saying about buying homes sub2, and selling on a wrap, with the down as your profit on the front end.

Good intentions are very hard to prove when there is evidence to the contrary stemming from the not knowing or lack of awareness.