It's easier to cash-flow here than in Seattle (of course with the right deal).Do you have thoughts on the values that should be inserted in the calculator?

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I keep thinking there has to be an easier way, and maybe I have missed a builder that knows the process better, but everything modular going up in Washington has to go through Labor & Industries (L&I) back in Olympia to my knowledge, and that has caused most of the delay. 

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If they were a private company the entire city council would be fired for their ineffectiveness but in IB it appears lip service/effort meets expectations.  

Has anyone experimented with direct mail to Multi-family apartment owners as to which has a better response rate: typical yellow letter simple postcards or more formal appearing letters?  

Compared to wholesalers who’s plan it is to pay 70% of the value minus repairs it does appear they are way overpaying if they are wholesalers.  

For one, think back to the most elementary concept in investing - return is a measure of risk.With MJ becoming legal, it would be reasonable to assume that the return investors demand will drop with the decreased level of risk associated with the business.Second, it is my understanding that it’s currently much easier to attain a license to grow/wholesale than it is to retail (especially in a brick & mortar environment).In my opinion, that is likely to cause a systemic imbalance between the supply and true long-term demand.  

Seems like an easier way to get started.

This was determined to be not sufficient to carry out the demands levied against the service so the USMC numbers have been growing over the past few years and thought it appears to change yearly, the actual authorized manning numbers are approved and projected forward several years so any short term war/crisis will have to be handled with current manning and reserves.