There's no excuse.I've had renters pick up the keys, then call me 30 minutes later to say the bedrooms are smaller than they expected.

And while I agree that debt is often the cheapest form of capital, if you are looking at a project that involves some form of value-add business plan, you can always refi either when rates come down or you have increased the yield on the asset to exceed your interest rate.But like Stuart noted, for many groups, even the most seasoned syndicators, raising call cash for their deals is effectively impossible.  

Quote from @Kevin Ansari: This is hands down one of the WORST insurance company broker whatever they call themselves you can ever use.

You can't call up Apple's CEO and suggest improvements, but you can definitely upgrade your rental property's kitchen to command higher rent.

I live outside of Charlotte in a small town called Denver (of the East).

They want to pick up the phone and call or text and get an instant response from their cleaners.

Myself I thought about 2017 was going to be kind of the end of the 10 year cycle and I actually put a presentation together called the Pivot looking at alternative ways to invest in RE. 

I called them Unicorn years in other newsletters.

Call the past 2-3 landlords where the tenant previously lived.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.