No drama.

Maybe that last statement was a bit harsh but that's the way I see it.

I am organized, have integrity, am friendly and do not put up with drama in my life.

You might end up spending time managing this and the drama ("my stuff was stolen from my storage").Now, if your plan is to rent the entire basement as one big storage area to just a single party, and there is an outside entrance so that party does not have to be living there - then maybe that could work.

Sounds harsh, but that’s the reality.The formula has always been the same: study hard, go to a good/top school, work hard, save money, invest, educate yourself, network/learn, be kind to people, rinse and repeat.

If you get judged harshly (ie crappy car, etc) then you may not get that opportunity. 

(I service my own; for me the extra drama isn't worth the potential higher return for marginal borrowers.)

Considering they look like decent people and they did not really have much drama going on for the past of months, I agreed.

late 80s to early 90s in Texas I personally saw two different BAy Area syndicators lose their butts on dallas apartment communities I mean they lost the whole projects to the banks.. its above my pay grade of course .. but I witnessed it first hand and it was going through that drama when I worked at those companies that I decided sponsor of syndication is not for me  :)  I know its soup de Jour now.. but boy your really moving up the responsibility ladder when you take on investor money in that manner and as an investor the sponsor is critical.. 

Sounds like to me you are living out a nightmare with tenant and mama and the whole family bugging you on this deal and you got sucked into the drama.