What was your investment and what type of return did they offer you.I have no problem people losing money if they were expecting excessive returns on high risk products.

I'm in the beginning stages of planning an ADU build in Raleigh, NC.

Public records will reveal if a home is in the pre-foreclosure stage.

Consider hiring a professional photographer or even staging the home to make it stand out

I'm now realizing that in the state of South Carolina, the tax rate jumps 2% for rental properties to help fund public schools, a $600/mo cost that I didn't account for when using the calculators in the earlier stages.

My advisor suggested that at my stage of the game, 8 properties, it likely made more sense to keep the extra money available or in the business to use as emergency funds or to accumulate for another down payment.

Simply because the interest payment alone at 7% APR will be in excess of $3K, the total gross income of the earner you mentioned.

The technology i progressing but not to a commercial stage. 

I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND doing the copper in the basement NOW since you are in the demo stage. 

take a guess where excess funds go in Oregon.