I do think that the cross over involvement could lead to some assets or funds being garnished from the other businesses for investors that lost money in norada capital management because of this. 

What counts most in RE are relationships, and this is as easy as going to RE meetups and adding every day just 1 new contact in your CRM, and following up every other month.  

It is not always followed, but if anything goes wrong that is when they will make sure the Ts have been crossed and the Is dotted.  

It was a gut punch to see the tenants whose income we were counting on mass exodus the building right after we closed Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

If I finance the rebuild then the 1031 exchange presents some challenges (I will need to land a property that cash flows or breakeven so that I can get the loan for my rebuild, or banks will count that debt against me).

If you use Podio as it's designed to be used, it will streamline every thing you do--from managing leads, managing projects, reducing your internal email count, to making your internal communications more efficient because conversations (which otherwise might happen in email) happen "in context" -- of the client record in your CRM, the project, or whatever it is that you are discussing.  

They are generous on the values so sometime my actual cash out of pocket is less than 15%, for example, I pay 102K for a house that appraises for 108K, the extra 6K they count towards my down payment so I get a mortgage for 91,800 because that's 85% of 108K and I write a check for about 10K.

The only way to reverse these is to prove the tax collector screwed up on notification and that is primarily done by counting the days in the newpaper.. they must publish for 21 consecutive days prior to the sale.

I've been there and felt the same but  IMO it is a churade because you cant count on anything with the legislation that's in place in NY and esp. down state. 

You will want to talk to a CPA to see which hours count and which hours don't as there is a lot of gray area with your situation.