As I mentioned she has basically no excess funds.

Most of these va tiles I have worked with are only dangerous if broken, sanded, abraided, or excessively punctured.

i will admit, i am the type that feels the need to have everything worked out at the start, so it seems a little "off" to approach RE investing in this manner bc its not normally how i approach new things.BUT, it does still appear to be sensible advice, so are the following topics where i need to be placing my focus at this stage (beginner, no deals yet)?

I would just leave that amount and withdraw it when he can and in the mean time take the funds he would have been contributing to account in excess of gaining the company match and put it towards real estate.

It certainly could help with planning staging as well, and to give prospective buyers varying ideas of how they could use the space.

This is definitely fraud, and would seem to be done for the purpose of selling "to themselves" and stripping away the excess mortgage balance.

Everyone is so happy and optimistic in the honeymoon stage.. then reality settles in.

I would say that the mistakes you would probably make going on your own without any mentor and help by your side would result in losses in excess of $5,000.

If you stage and plan right shouldn't be a problem, but most people don't plan or communicate expectations to workers.I rarely post but I know construction management.

It is a tax on every product at every stage of production and every time it changes hands.