I agree that the full 25% deposits were high for new build rather than EMD.

Just started our own firm investing in and managing property in our relatively new (~5 years now) home in Charleston, SC.Happy to be a resource to anyone and look forward to making quality local connections!

Also, if you need a quality GC in the Charlotte and surrounding area please reach out!

Chances are very high that you are not claiming tax losses that you should be.There are many ways to create relationship problems and one highly successful one is mixing business with pleasure. 

Good point.

They have to be tweaked on a regular bases and most of the time it is due to it throwing out some crazy high ridiculous prices for some dates.

I can only speak for Dayton - there's a lot of opportunities here with a market that has  high rents relative to the prices. 

The goal is to mitigate the risk as much as possible with finding a good location and solid property.

If the leases end up in the realm of where we believe they will the value of the building will go up a good amount and we will have close to 1 million in equity.  

Could be a business decision based on keeping long-term high quality tenants rather than risk the costs on turnover.