I apologize for the length but I wanted to give a lot of background to hopefully make the advice given as relevant as possible.Since joining the site and listening to about 50 BP podcast episodes, I've been formulating my plan to get started with RE investing.

As you find different ways to finance deals you can then formulate a plan to any transaction.

Keep it up, read, watch videos, listen to podcasts then formulate what works for you and your budget.

People tend to formulate biases when there is an assumption or expectation certain groups will do negative things while other groups wont.

In order to formulate that, they will survey the market for similar units and apply a market derived rental rate for the units to arrive at the potential gross income. 

You either need to formulate a plan on how you fit into this pre-existing LLC structure, or form a separate LLC for the one you are in with them on.  

Just the kitchen drain is "disabled".They notified me of the problem yesterday, I investigated today and have formulated a solution. 

Welcome Chris, to BP were you can find what a newbie need to formulate his or hers mind in real estate.

I'm not sure how you can separate 'politics' from 'business'...especially when these 2 clueless men (I use that term loosely) formulate laws and regulations that affect our real estate businesses, without having been in the 'real world' for decades, if at all.

Forget what the seller is asking for and formulate your price and make an offer.