Another issue: Mary is buying 40 acres with seller financing,  her intentions are to build a home, barn  for horses, have some chickens, a garden and 4 head of cattle.

Somebody's on their high horse

In fact, in the long haul, option 2 cash flows better than option 1.David, don't you feel like you are beating a dead horse sometimes?

First walk-through needed 2 masks to not upchuck. 9 dogs locked inside, goats and sheep locked on the porch, horse barn had NEVER been cleaned out, exotic birds of prey in the garage.Why oh why do we do this?

If you are in the Bloomington area and interested in networking then please feel free to join us (10-15,fellow real estate investors) each 3rd Monday if the month, typically at 7pm at Crazy Horse.

He will get people places faster than a horse and buggy, require less maintenance that a horse and buggy and will actually be cheaper than a horse and buggy.

Some guys can figure out how to do one or two good deals and some guys and gals were just born to horse trade. 

-----------------------------------------------Not to beat a dead horse but what I suggest is that the influence system takes away from the true BP user experience by focusing on a number/green meter.

I know the sales pitch is that real estate is "passive income" and it's a load of horse crap - unless you're sitting on a pile of cash and need some place to put it.

You are putting the cart before the horse.