. - Minimum rental history: 2 years (please provide references).

It's an exciting journey that can offer both financial rewards and personal satisfaction.

There are many who will argue my methods and that's fine, it's worked very well for me and has been extremely rewarding in ways that cannot be compensated monetarily. 

With the right planning and execution, the rewards in the luxury market far outweigh the initial hesitation.5.

I have a few follow up questions:1) What's an example of "get referrals and cross reference them to get as much accurate information as possible"? 

Hard money typically refers to a company that has it's own underwriting guidelines, rates (9% - 15%), costs, draw process ect.

I'm sure a lot of hard work went into building it up and cool that you get to reap the rewards!

As with any market, there are risks and rewards.

Building our PM company has been the most rewarding experience of my career. 

The reason I ask is that specific performance is rarely granted as a remedy in my experience (not a lawyer, just do some transactions) unless a monetary reward isn't enough to make the buyer whole because the buyer truly can't find a different property to meet their needs.