I turned a bad event (my eviction meeting) into a MASSIVELY awesome event just by uttering one phrase at the end of our conversation. 

How do I phrase it for him to accept a lesser offer than the city appraisal?

I was wondering if anyone has any tips or experience on structuring the financing (IE: what kind of loan did you get/recommend, was everyone listed as a borrower on the loan, etc), and if you have any advice on how to phrase your "partnership" agreement.

Your goals should never include a phrase that includes any arbitrary timeline/deadline to get a property. 

I realized that that phrase means nothing to me regarding RE.Second, is it safe to say that the Bank Loan parts aren't conventional bank loans? 

In my local real estate investment group there is a often repeated phrase "one deal at a time."

The catch phrase is "Own Nothing, Do Nothing".

@James Carlson I like your phrase "medium term" for corporate rentals. :) I have been stumbling on how to describe rentals between 30 days and a year so I'm going to use that. 

Seems to be pretty unanimous agreement on that.Let me phrase the problem in different terms:What do you do, as an real-estate investor, when you realize you made a SERIOUS error/miscalculation and are now stuck in a very bad investment situation?

Typically I've heard that phrase with respect to analyzing deals, but I think it applies here too in that it's more important that we start somewhere rather than getting caught up in which direction to go first.