Instead, I am looking for someone—whether an investor, an estimator, or a general contractor—who can provide local labor rates for various scopes.I did not imply you were.

This implies if the property goes up 10% the year after purchase, your property tax will only go up the Prop 13 maximum (I believe 2%).  

I love Nonviolent Communication, and I went to a training in Columbus, OH, and the lead trainer housed me with a woman who was investing in The Hill Top, and she got me excited about investing there and offered me deals.

Take the 'higher return implies higher risk' truism in finance, may not be true in real estate after incorporating cash flow (more cash flow = higher return but also lower risk). 

I'm just saying it isn't as even-steven as some dreamers imply.

If any of those fall behind or cost more, they take money from another project to cover it...thus causing another investor(s) issues.Understood, the problem is (and I'm not implying all contractors are this way) when money is paid by one person and then used to fund another persons project.

You stated, "I was" implying you don't use LiveRez anymore.

And why are you implying that people that require healthcare are abusing themselves?

For duplex "syndication" I was implying that if the LP is deemed to materially participate with the three test rule  mentioned above, there is no need for 25k exception.

There is no "holding fee" and no "reservation", this isn't a hotel.An additional pet deposit is applicable when a tenant acquires a pet, the way that is written a deposit is paid when the lease is signed if I had a pet and implies that since the pet deposit must be paid at the beginning for me to acquire a pet in the future and if I don't pay that deposit I won't have a valid lease, so do I need to get a pet?