(Also if you want to tag people just type @ followed by first 3 characters of their name and you will see the people pop up below, just click on it) 

So I'm also willing to look for a place where young professionals want to rent (less school district focus, and more walk-ability, character, location for work, etc).If anyone has any recommendations for locations, please chime in! 

It had color and character.  

Which, for all intents and purposes, are ALL his projects that anyone knows or gives a damn about.Lets stop pretending that you or I could rebuild and remap NYC, in such an impactful and unapologetic way, even if our dad loaned us a mere $58M.Please read the book, and I wonder if you will still attribute his early success due to luck or money.

Can this direct mail expense be attributed directly to the purchased property in some form as an expense?

Strong ethics.And beleive me in my 20 years of lending in the Turnkey space I can tell the difference between the low character guys and the guys that will stand up and do the right thing.

My observation from being close to some of these individuals is that there are two main reasons why they often don't invest with other investment managers:1-they don't know them (trust)2-they don't like/know about their track record (competence)Since my current track record in producing returns through RE investing is non-existent, the only currency that I have going for me is my character.

it seems in our area that land takes a while to sell and sometimes parcels are on for a year or more (which I attribute to not being priced right - like an existing house), but is that typical because of study periods?

Julie I get it I have owned 3 sizeable HML companies in my day.. and done well over 2,500 transaction as the owner principal of the company.. and I have done them every which way.from no money.. to needing money.. to equity share etc etc.. end of the day its the character and capacity of the flipper that is paramount.tough thing right now for most is finding deals that meet the LTC ratios that make 100% funding even remotely safe. however you are new to BP I see and generally speaking this is a beginners site..

I attribute it to having to  learn new skillsets (such as firewalls) and the market in general.