It's the struggle between being a caring, compassionate human being and running a business.

We would be able to put our capital together and invest as partners, although we are still trying to gain as much knowledge as humanly possible before our first REI.

You will manage your physical plant (the property itself) and also the Human Resources (the tenants).

, it is likely that human driving will be illegal on many roads. 

Having to put $73,000 down starting out just seems absurd.

I did call Geico this morning to get a quote but it was an absurd amount of money (like $600/month)?!?!  

Again, take in to account this may not be his fault and try to treat him like a human being =) You'd be surprised how many times people take their frustrations out on agents when it's their decisions on pricing or not fixing/updating!

Since the amount you need isn't an absurd amount I would recommend finding a private individual to loan from.

Is your program fetching data files from the site or is it an automated script that performs the human functions of clicking on the website interface to pull out the data?

Would it be absurd to offer below the fair market value?