SMS marketing was amazing for a bit but, I think that ship has sailed 

That ship has sailed now but you should keep the 2-1 buy down in mind as a possible tool for future purchases.

They said it was a lot easier and better to simply create a new LLC to properly match what you are trying to do.  2) So, that is the other route, creating a brand new LLC.The PartnershipThe hardest ship to sail is a partnership, and there is no "fairest way" to do things. 

Agree on the garage doors, a darker color may have worked better like a dark wood grain, but I didn’t want to mention that because the ship has probably sailed on that idea!  

They won’t wait (nor even try) for the value to rise enough for the LP to recover anything.Bottom line is I think that a large portion of deals that have a loan maturity in the next few years will ultimately result in a wipeout of investor equity if LTVs (at today’s value) are high, unless there is a V shaped recovery in values, which I think is doubtful (but I could certainly be wrong). 08 to 2011 its was resi market that got slammed and MF and commercial kind of sailed through or did better.. now resi market is doing OK and MF and commercial Office are getting slammed.

I am really hoping that it's just onboarding and then smoother sailing from here...let's stay updated as we might be able to help each other out.

I think the people who bought in the boom and thought it was smooth sailing to easy profits every month have been in for a shock.

I am currently dealing with headache after headache with the single-family lender who cannot even articulate the reasons why they are enacting their flawed policies meanwhile it’s smooth sailing with the lender for the larger parcel directly next door where the loan is 20x the size.

I went sailing the other day with him and a few other commercial property owners.

If the tenants pay rent on time, communication is good, and the property isn't torn up offer the MTM rent and keep the boat sailing.