I went to the part of town where day laborers congregate and got 2 of them and their pick-up truck.

I usually ask about savings, whether parents or grandparents can help, if they can sell valuable possessions or take second jobs, get grants, gifts, use trust funds, personal loans or co-signers, or a combination of these alternatives with a complimentary loan program usually gets the ball rolling.

Long story, but wondering if Quiet Title is reasonable. WAMU loan 2007 - defaulted 2009Loan Modification Process since 11/2009 - present. No acceptance or denial.15+ foreclosure sale dates postponed.Have requested acc...

Alternatively, you can find an all-cash buyer and close quicker.Investing in a fund - Again, you have to read the rules of the fund but they may have something like you can't pull out money for 3 years and if you pull out money; you can only do so during certain dates of the year.With that said - personally investing in RE is more liquid than investing in a fund.The benefit of mortgage paydown is going to depend on the goals of the fund.

But it can also be a good alternative that I offer month to month instead of a typical lease, and they have to be aware the rent can be increased with the proper notice.

There will likely be significant traffic noise, including big trucks using jake (engine) brakes to slow down. 

In my humble opinion, I would take your large chunk of cash and invest it into much more properties in other cheaper areas of the country and find other lodging alternatives when you're on island.  

In the case of 1 man with truck and tools, yeah, they need the deposit because they don't have the funds to finance your job, nor the funds to chase their money, nor to put food on their table if they dedicate their time to your job and payment is slow. 6k is not even half in one of my credit card monthly bill.

q=tbn:ANd9GcTBAeM6D8TMSz5QIEBuOpXsoVi04dtAnD_RlndTTBymGzrNg65z An alternative to a bay, just a shed roof over the DR window.

Alternatively, I'm wondering if I should start developing my own spreadsheet to enable the specific analysis I want to perform.