I would greatly appreciate it any help or if anybody is from my area would meet me for drinks/coffee and help me invest into my first property.

I looked at 600+ properties and was driving my wife crazy everyday going and driving around neighborhoods.....but I knew I could always bribe her with a Starbucks drink hahaApril 2017: After going back and forth with the bank for months we finally found the winner.

@Sasan NemabakhshMy group is endeavoring to do something very similar to your project, albeit in a different market.My advice is to get on the phone, have a drink, and meet with as many lenders, developers, operators, architects, etc as possible, asking them for referrals in the other trades you need and seeing what criteria they have for a successful deal.

Anyone on this thread want to meet up next week for breakfast/coffee or dinner/drinks and discuss what we're up to, where we're looking to go, and how we can help one another?

Thanks @Joseph M.Haha it actually was fairly successful all things considered, and my wife and I got to go to lot's of cool venues and drink champagne so it was definitely a good experience.

We show up on time, don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs.

We don't have a crystal ball to know that a tenant with no prior evictions and a solid job history would suddenly be laid-off and turn to alcohol and stop paying their rent.

I assume I can easily NOT renew a lease if I am moving into the unit as owner occupied and the tenants shouldn't be able to fight it.Thanks for all advice and anyone who would like to connect online or in person for a drink and to talk REI.Scott

Got the keys around 4:30pm and was so worn out that the rest of the night was putting together a game plan, having dinner, drinks, and straight to bed.Day 2: Freak out day.

I know I'm over simplifying, it doesn't seem that hard I would imagine @Jay Hinrichs saying "Questionable ethnics is like ice in your drink at a burger flipper, the higher the volume the more ice they put in your soda, and will use words like *cooling optimization* to defend the scant amount of soda in MY DRINK!"