And you also don't say you have a big pile of cash or fat income that you're looking to deploy. 

He bought when it was low, experienced a bunch of appreciation and rental growth, and is now going to sell for a fat profit and move onto bigger projects@Jason OngThe tree comment was probably because the area with the most trees in town is East Sacramento, which is one of the pricier areas in the city.

It was a big fat waste of time and effort.

As we continue to participate & network with the BP Community, we'll all learn more about each other.We are just now looking for our first property to purchase all while seeking and soaking up all the educational info we possibly can in order to finish up our short-term and longer-term business plan.

Then find the best mentor you can in that kind of investing.

Or will it be a big fat "it depends?"

When you buy cash and leave your money in the property, your invested money gets old, wrinkled, fat, and extremely lazy.

If your strengths compliment someone elses then you should partner at whatever split you feel comfortable with until you can build a track record.. just remember pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered 

When I started running the numbers he said I was "too high" and we could trim the fat and still make profit.

but it seems it need to be clarified.Open cell can of course be used in retrofit.Actually, closed cell can in fact also be used in retrofit.