It's just that he's got too much on his plate at the moment and I kind of pressured him into taking on the project.

Because they will get defensive if they feel you are pressuring them.

Because they will get defensive if they feel you are pressuring them.

They also run the risks of high levels of regulatory pressure and litigation by virtue of their renting to legal wards who have access to free lawyers and zealous bureaucrats who see independent investors as a crop to be harvested.

However, it looks like to the left it connects to another room (maybe the living or dining room) if so, I would see if it was load bearing and maybe take down that wall and make it a little more open, probably put an island where that is.For the outside, it mostly looks like it needs a new paint job, fresh grass, and some pressure washing. 

Using high pressure sales techniques, they hock course tracks that include the Private Money Broker Certification, each starting at a "low" price, with an upsell to a higher level (price), leading up to "master" levels for much, much more.

If you are young and have not collected kids, dogs, and commitments, I'd suggest putting your head down, delaying gratification, working your a$$ off (get a second job, drive for uber, deliver pizzas, buy a pressure washer and knock on doors asking to pressure wash driveways, etc.), living off of next to nothing, and looking up in 12 months to re-evaluate.

., pressure test assumptions, look at GPs past performance vs their projections, etc.) before I make a contribution so this definitely feels like a good group to be a part of.Some GPs who have seemed reputable are still putting in assumptions such as 5% annual rent increases (which is insane in my mind) to get to their exit figures.

That takes the pressure off this idea that you need to buy a property that puts $2k in your pocket your first month.

Higher demand areas have higher demand for a reason - people want to live there, and that tends to put pressure on prices rising as compared to rents and therefore, typically results in lower cashflow.That said, some of the areas mentioned in the previous posts are interesting, for different reasons.