Should he have taken your full blood profile, noticed an increase in some pre-diabetes parameter and brought up his concern about your weight?

Despite working nonstop 12-hour days, mortar attacks and exercises, and getting called in to the trauma bay to run labs and issue blood for mostly Afghan soldiers with gunshot and blast injuries, I was able to build a business, hire my first employees, and close my first wholesale deal while deployed in Afghanistan.My First Assignment FeeSince then I partnered up with my good friend Max and we closed on a 6-unit apartment building just 5 days after I got home to Ohio.

I see a lot of businesses like this, where the seller has significant opportunities to build, but says something like "I need young blood in here to do that. 

Oil was at a record low and our coal mines are drying out. those are the life blood of the area.

Anyone can get high blood lead levels, the law only specifies under 6 because it affects the developing brain more severely then a it affects a fully developed brain.

This made my blood boil.

If you are trying to remote-manage your long-distance tenants from afar you are eventually going to get a nasty surprise, unless they are your blood relatives and even then there's no guarantee.

Smart and ambitious move, sweat, blood, and tears. 

A reverse osmosis system (for your drinking water taps only) will take care of the sodium, it's not a huge concern unless you have high blood pressure or on a salt restricted diet.

And thank you @Joe Scaparra for lowering my blood pressure. :) I did get a really great inspector, who has followed up with me a lot and we talk pretty candidly about some of the things mentioned.