One suggested paying a GC a couple hundred for an estimate which sounds good until you realize you might do this 10-15 times before you buy a deal then you are spending thousands on estimates!

We will take the quick deal any day over making a few extra thousand bucks.  

He also did a very superficial rehab job, so we spent several thousands more on the unit when the new PM took over.

Cost me a few thousand. 

in a few short years 1 property has produced over a $1/2 million in equity, thousands in cash flow, was leverage to buy another property which does the same and leverage to buy a small cash flowing business. 

You will find a ton of NARPM members, some with thousands of units under management and decades of experience, freely sharing their wisdom with you.

There are literally thousands of syndicators/crowdfunding sponsors out there with available deals.

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they will say you can operate a parking lot there.. plus who is going to spend the thousands upon thousands litigating this with the city ??? 

I think it's about preventing abuse so you don't lose thousands.