If you buy the properties correctly, rentals tend to be debt neutral, or adding to your income or very close to it, when looking at them from a Fannie Mae loan prospective.

All new gfi's have what is called smart lock on them so you can not boot leg the neutral to the ground and make them work.

if their local to you and can sit down across the table from you in neutral territory (restaurant etc) then I would meet and ask my question and see what they want.  

One must remain neutral and open to outcome.  

There has been talk about the REIT's model not being sustainable and another round of expected earnings to start moving to the neutral or loss category in the future again.With that information some investors are selling off and moving into hard assets and cashing out the gains over the previous years.Your other properties you are buying are at about 1% to sales price ratio.

Appealing, neutral but pops. 

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I always have a neutral third party or my attorney hold it.

We try and keep the colors we use for everything as neutral and appealing to as many people as possible.There is also some yard work left to be done as well.

In that environment, most of a passive investor’s concerns related to honesty, transparency, accuracy, and timeliness are managed by the administrator who is a neutral party.