I'm pulling my hair out in frustration!

Go in, and place was absolutely, completely filthy (an earwig in the freezer, every inch of the fridge covered in gunk, toilet had not been scrubbed, cat hair everywhere, many surfaces covered in a thick layer of dust and dirt).

I checked all the local jurisdictions including OPs and they each provide some form of affirmative defense to a subcontractor lien when the owner has paid the GC (in the residential setting).

So what is similar to your story is that we both would end our primary careers at a fairly young age (I’m not a sports guy but I’m guessing retirement age tends to arrive before grey hair) and could subsequently have long and successful investment careers. 

If you enjoy having a government agency control you by the short hairs, then go for it. 

For example, I've seen new investors walk up to a "grey haired" investor asking how they are invested..  

They wanted another of our unit which is occupies by a hair salon currently, the hair salon does give trouble with late payments sometimes, but we are keeping them there as we know it will be very hard to fill the unit of the driving school.

Contrary to popular belief, probate is not automatic and requires an affirmative filing. 

Have criteria so loose that they will lend any number of loans as long as the properties "cash flow" (without getting into the argument of your strange definition of cash flow that ignores vacancy etc and accounts for it as a lump sum at refi)If you affirmatively  state that, then I will agree that you have found the magic bullet!

Originally posted by "Germancarfan":John,Thanks for the info...you seem to know your stuff here and I have been reading thread (even before my intro) just to see what you say...same with a few others (mikeoh, **********, biggerpo, just to name a few)....you guys all seem to be a wealth of knowledgeNotice the gray hair?