They are very receptive and I consider it a treat for them to have such exposure to these opportunities at a young age.

Too much exposure.

Your best teacher, coach or mentor is YOU......You getting involved, You listening, observing, making offers, networking, hanging around folks you respect and are doing what you want to do, reading and exposure to  experience.Knowledge doesn't have to be expensive........Wisdom is priceless.

In terms of rehabbing/enlarging, I don't have the experience or prior exposure and feel that at this time it will compound my potential to take a bad deal.

I would think that being a note buyer has very little risk exposure.  

Chris,Insuring a multi-use building can be tricky if the Mercantile use is a restaurant, wood working shop, etc. that are deemed to be a more hazardous exposure. 

You just don't get quite the exposure since people are moving away from z and their bad data.

This exposure has prompted me to use a VA benefit that I thought had expired.I have been approved for a VA loan and have settled on Cleveland as the place to start.

So their individual exposure is just a few days.  

I have limited exposure to Quick Books but would think you should be able to set it up as an installment sale.