Best part is, my money continues to grow even while I have a loan out due to something called a non-direct recognition loan.

If you are interested in KCMO, all of the good deals under 10 years of age will be rare, and will need to be acted upon with CASH and speed through a wholesaler.

Competitive Strategy and Operations: How do you maintain operational competitiveness against larger chains like Wawa, especially in terms of pricing, service speed, and customer experience?

I am sure there is a way to keep it and speed up the debt payoff piece! 

The remaining funds will help speed up the remodel.

Thank you.You will have to pay a little more if you go the HM route, and for the first one or two if you have a good local, conventional lender that will do that you would be okay, but HML are great for speed, efficiency, and some quirks, depending on the lender.It might also depend on your capital and how much you are wanting to spend on the first one.

If I can recommend anything (and everybody is entitled to their own opinion) I would recommend finding a traditional brick and mortar brokerage where you have access to a mentor, company paid resources, company name recognition, etc.

Service outages, speed, etc. 

I don't think the model is bad, just not happy with the speed of service.

To increase the profit margin you may also want to consider hiring out some of the work to speed up the time it takes you to complete the project.