Let me know if you'd be open to that :-) Happy holidays!

You are likely overpaying by $5,000.Broker fee of $3,000 and Processing Fees of $2,000 seem out of place...but then again, i never used a broker to get a loan so I am not sure about that.If the broker was able to get you an interest rate or loan product that you wouldn't be able to find on the open market...its high, but likely fair.if you are getting a loan product that you could have gotten by going to a normal bank...seems high and unnecessary. 

Open to it.

Of course unless your buying defaulted notes at the get go then again as Chris mentioned this type of fee should be handled up front.. and if it new origination your making and then they go bad.. in your foreclosures you can charge the borrower these fee's when they cure or add it to you opening bid and when someone buys it at the court house you get repaid..

We're seriously looking to connect with individuals who are open to chatting or to working with two motivated guys who have goals of building a diverse portfolio overtime in the Pittsburgh area.Cheers,Matt

My personally favorite spot so far is Ko Olina but I'm open minded.

Since your parents seem open to your involvement, I would start start small. 

Laundromats are open to the public, and if the local neighborhood has a high crime rate and transient population, those can be potentially expensive problems that can affect your business.

Keep the main structure but open it up for shelving. 

I would say about 25 percent of first posts are spam.I have a few posts in the Starting Out forum about how to do the forums, but like @Nathan Gesner said, it's not telling them how to open an LLC so it's not as interesting to them.