My instructors have been in the retail space for 35 to 40 years as developers and have each developed tens of millions of sq ft in retail space.One has 2 projects going right now one for entry value of 150 million and another for 200 million.These are the people I learn from and listen to that have been in the trenches and been through many complete retail real estate cycles.   

If the sub does something wrong because you didn't give the right instructions, you will eat the cost.

ended up instructing lawyer to cancel transaction and I got a call from my broker that seller will drop the price 15k if we proceed.

Hold out for Bob (Robert) or Steven as an instructor.

. #3 Contracts are great instructions.

I took a job as an instructor to supplement my income on my time off, and they pay me as a private contractor, i.e. 1099.

Go listen to some of my podcast interviews on my BP Profile page and you can download a free eBook on my website to learn how I got started in syndication raising capital for my instructors deals.

Our typical approach is to do nothing (other than communicating new payment instructions and contact info, obviously) immediately after closing, and give it a couple of months for the dust to settle and see if the tenant pays on time and maintains good communication, etc.

I'm not a believer that dual sign in does anything to protect you, they probably can spoof your phone number as well.You text private transactional information.You give your date of birth, social security number freely without caution.You have not checked sites that verify what information about you is online.Your only recourse is to file suit but you cannot blame your bank for following your instructions.

I was instructed that they would hold my money and I could make draws against it as the work got completed.