Not saying you can't charge more, but the more you charge, your loan begins to take on the flavor of a business opportunity more than a loan to a friend.

In November 1978, it was cyanide laced Flavor Aid, not Kool Aid that was distributed to members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown.

We usually get 25-35 people, experts to newbies, all flavors of investing, city and suburbs.

Learn how to market, and learn how to negotiate.As Flavor Flav said, "Don't belive the HYPE!"

The neighborhood can be divided into East Harlem and West Harlem, which have two distinctly different flavors to them.

There is a subtle concept here that because the price of entry was so low, that all sorts of options must be present.  

And DIG has subgroups as well, where meetings are held throughout the area and are either focused on a specific topic or organized geographically for a more localized flavor  There might be other "meet ups" nearby, but I suspect that you will not find those to have same depth and breadth of knowledge and experience as what you will find at DIG; I could be wrong about that of course ...  

Taking a local investor out to lunch or dinner at a nice place should give you so much more local flavor on investing and your goals then a national course that is general in nature. 

Even learning the subtle differences between different states and regions is a huge learning advantage.  

Adrien Schebott, you could always agree to subtle renegotiated terms by amending your agreement such that the tenant gets another 10 days to complete a purchase in return for you getting a property inspection should he fail to close.