I've been selling commercial full time for almost a year and am struggling getting off the ground - I am building a solid database (from 0) of industry professionals (buyers/sellers/brokers/wholesalers etc), doing lead gen daily, and finding quite a few pocket listings.

You seem to be paying full retail for the property ($450K) and borrowing the down payment ($90K).

We are also going to move a few non-structural walls around to increase the kitchen size, convert the hall half bath to a full bath, and turn the current full bath into an en-suite for the master.Exterior we are replacing the siding, windows and doors, and paint the brick white.

That means the 15% down investment property taxes two full discount points to get the same rate as the 25% down standard.

I would use my old trailer and load it every couple days and dump when full .  

This property was my mom's prior to her passing (full equity).

If I have you sign a year lease, I don't have to work hard because you're trapped for a full year."  

Has anybody heard of had dealings with ww.thrivedevelopmentgroup.com any info on this company would be help full thanks 

I plan to continue to add rental units and make real estate investing my full time gig. 

It would actually be much easier if I didn't live there since removing the use permit (which is very easy) makes the zoning the primary use determinant, and expands opportunities for all sorts of other things.Glad you feel the same way about LEED Gold-- I have the checklist all signed off with the points calculated, but didn't think it was worth it to pay for full certification.