To get to where we are financially, we hadn’t outsourced much because we didn’t want to spend the money.

Before spending the money for a cost seg. 

You can pay for expediting for plan reviews and the best way to "expedite" beyond that is to make sure that your engineer / consultants are submitting complete packages each review cycle.

You can also hire a real estate attorney off of UpWork or Fiverr to review the documents and give you an opinion just to be sure.

So your super basic P&L may look like: $30,000 Rents-$3,000 insurance expense -$9,000 interest-$3,000 taxes-$8,000 operating expenses-$14,000 depreciation ----------------$7,000 loss on paper for the year  so negative taxable income But remember- $14k of that (depreciation) was something we didn't actually spend money on- so cash in bank at year end would be $7,000. 

But then spend a day in craft and antique shops nearby and buy colorful artwork, accessories, throws etc. to give the space a local vibe.

It's likely a scam anytime they sound like AI or the grammar is weird or they use the word "kindly", if they ask for you to respond to them off-platform, if they say their employer will pay for it, if they ask if the dates they've specified are still open (when they can clearly see they are open on your calendar), if they ask for a video of your property (they probably want to set up a duplicate listing with your photos and video and scam others out of money), or if they want a long term booking and they have just joined the platform and have no reviews (could have been evicted from somewhere else, and hope a newbie will let them in with no background check, they'll end up not paying or credit card is bad).  

Then once you spend the money for that.. then the contractor will simply file a UNJUST Enrichment claim so your back to square one.. 

Happy to review what you have and advise if it could work.

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