Lighting is simple, center lights nothing fancy.  

Joel,It is interesting to watch.Showing up on time, dressing well, speaking well, being respectful and of course like you said being prepared with copies of paperwork and knowing the answers to the questions that will likely be asked goes a long, long way.Kevin

In fact, I often use it as an example of the importance of building a solid foundation, because the truth is, most of the work done before a building is coming out of the ground is the really important stuff, the rest is window dressing.

When you start getting successful and have that nice big fancy house, cars maybe a big boat, travel trailer all on your compound, Jealousy can throw people on the fence of rational behavior overboard after they find out you're "rich".

"Complex" may be too fancy a name in this case.

There is way more on this thread about it, but basically when Pace was talking about his 0% APR seller carry, he did everything but say out loud, "I'm trying to strip equity from the people I buy the homes from by using fancy finance langue." 

Insurable interest is just a fancy way to describe continuous ownership, which they perceive to have been severed, via their black-and-white perspective.

I hope most of you see that much of that is just fancy b.s. sold for way more then it's worth, that you could find on here for free, or at a library or reia meeting.

A lot of the fancy methods that gurus are pushing are harder to make work now, especially for newer people.

It is of vital importance for you to build a solid team on the ground floor in the area you wish to invest and part of that team will be a quality contractor and project manager, plus designer if you are doing anything more fancy or higher end.