I have travelled to different places for work, and your idea of remembering that someone's money represents their time/effort reminded me of rug shopping in Iraq. 

Just a suggestion but maybe you can use him for the more detail oriented work (like finish carpentry) and hire out the grunt, less skilled work (like demo and rough in framing) to a younger, cheaper contractor.

This place will get you even more excited and goal oriented. 

Anyrate I hear being a loan officer is a tough, production oriented, largely commission'ed job and folks are moving into other gigs out of the banks for better job quality. 

I was working with an agent for about a year but I just recently ended things because we weren't clicking after a few contracts fell through (I think next time I need to work with a more investor-oriented agent).

I ask because I considered attending some of their meetings (I'm in Rhode Island too) but it seemed oriented toward property management companies with lots of units under management, like your office.My searches for the RIAA did bring up the "Providence Apartment Association" http://providenceapartmentassociation.com/ - I attended their last meeting and do recommend them though I think they only meet yearly.

Living room with an HDTV BluRay and access to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon with the renters own account; several recliners, end tables, lamps and guy oriented artwork. 

But this exercise is content-oriented, and you’re making editorial decisions based on socializing.

I've also had a couple of nightmare tenants that stained the rugs in a one year lease, that required me to replace after one year.

We ask folks to put down area rugs or small mats under their furniture.