By budgeting a cushion, I can protect my profits and ensure that my rehab project is still a profitable investment.In conclusion, as a real estate investor, I know that budgeting a cushion on my rehab budget is crucial to the success of any real estate deal.

The way to do these type of things is to have a team that knows the code better than the City and leads the City to the obvious conclusion.

Before reading your post I came to the conclusion that my confusion over the Saint John market was a result of how I was looking at the market now and not within historical (recent) context.

All three of us came to the conclusion that we wanted to have a positive impact on our communities and our world.

(Not really sure how this is, but I've read this on a couple posts around BP)Conclusively, I considered just doing an LLC prior to doing wholesaling to limit my liability as, contraire to Circumstance B, if I were to put my name on a contract, it could still open a gateway to personal liability.Would love input and feedback on this matter. 

I often wondered if his tax knowledge led him to this conclusion...

Conclusion?

At those meetings or the conclusion of those meetings investments would require 100% agreement from both Investor A and B.

I looked at a portfolio in Digby a couple of years ago and arrived at that very conclusion - unless a new industry comes to town, it's only going to get worse {BTW:  That portfolio is still available - and still overpriced}.Usually, buy what you know, is a good adage to follow, but you need to be honest with yourself about what you know first and then determine if it is worth buying.

Great post Steve, I just read through every single thread and I'm pretty sure I have come to a conclusion...I'm going to finish out the class-room portion of the RE class, because I've already learned a ton and feel more confident in real estate because of it.