In my opinion, the entire Birddog issue is as much a myth as Bigoot and the Loch Ness Monster!

Re: webistes for multifamily properties, here are some more: -Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate: www.svn.com-CB Richard Ellis: www.cbre.com-Hendricks and Partners: www.hpapts.com -Commercial Investment Multiple Listings Service: www.cimls.com -Property Line: www.propertyline.com -Realtor: www.realtor.comRe: partnering question, perhaps it is right for you - perhaps it isn't.

Whether you exceed it before or after the loan is made doesn't alter the risky-ness of the situation - the risk to the bank.  

It's what I give credit for all my skills to, Including office work, dealing with people, handy man-ness, etc.

@Andrew Caldieraro I think realistically, you options are to deal with the uneven-ness, or spend possibly 10's of thousands of dollars to correct it.

That suggests that Missoula’s relative middle-class-ness won’t last: If I were a Silicon Valley or Seattle exile, I would already be looking there rather than Bozeman.

I often wonder if people really understand how much money can be made on the commercial brokerage side of this business using the same time and effort one uses to wholesale a house and make a small fee for all your time and effort.. you talk to 100 potential commercial clients and have the same stick to it ness and you would be cashing 6 figure checks not 6k... just food for thought..

To maximize your "passive-ness", you should consider aligning yourself with an experienced investor that has been around long enough to have survived a few real estate cycles.

I am in busy ness development in a CPA firm.  

Eliot Ness got the bad guys.