It is worth paying more upfront if it takes less time on site to put together.

well you dont say how much you have in it.. but if you can sell now and lose 10k and get out of a HML that would be my suggestion.HML  if they go into default interest and you could look at losing quite a bit especially if your HML is one of those that are not forgiving and wont give an inch on what they are owed.

This will give you a baseline, I.e. own the Main St project same thing as this one, and it cost me all in $125,500 to do the full rehab.

There was literally a tv news story featuring a young lady that said she understood why they were closing because she saw theft every time she was there.

Even at that point it was hard to get "cash flow" meaning that the tenant from one unit rent would pay for the entire mortgage payment plus insurance/taxes with money left over (the cash flow). at least in a desirable, secure area of town. 

We do this all the time.

The property next door to this one I own 50/50 and went out to cut down a tree that our tenants said would fall on the neighbors home.

Unlike the free trainings I had been to before, this one gave clear and concise action items I could begin to implement on my own the next day.

You are giving the end buyer of the loan (not the broker) the interest upfront instead of over time therefore you get a lower rate.

Is this like LA metro where no one really uses metro line?