Everything worked out fine but even two plus years later the building still sits vacant and I'm not going to lie, it still stings looking at that thing! 

We were there last August when it was 97 in Bend, 107 in Eugene, and 118 in the gorge.

Even if I get her to sign, I really doubt she has kept records of my specific transactions, and my gut tells me she would lie if the state called her up and asked her. 

As long as you don't lie on any mortgage forms leading up to and through closing on the home about the current condition of your finances, then you're fine.

In a city like San Antonio, with a serviced-based economy, where over 50% of the population rent, and 17.6% live below the poverty lie, this creates rent-to-income spatial mismatch that's not sustainable. 

Numbers don't lie, numbers don't pretend, numbers don't care what anyone thinks of you.

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We put on their face that nothing was said at the training, that the first presentation was misleading and they lied to us. 

The numbers don't lie when you make conservative guesses.I have a couple spreadsheets I use to do quick evaluations of BRRRRs, STRs, and DADU/AADU development.

You should be transparent will sellers because doing otherwise could be illegal (if you have insane person sign a contract to sell a house for $1, or mislead and lie to seller about their property value in order get a contract you could be liable for fraud.