We feel pleasure when we can control others, when we can threaten them, when we can fully exercise and impose our will.

Looking forward to learning more about the role of small-scale developers and investors and the impact they have on their communities. 

The best way to select a broker is to establish your role first.

Under the Act, no creditor of a beneficial owner or of a trustee in its individual capacity has the right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Delaware Statutory Trust.

Meetings, meeting minutes, official roles (secretary, treasurer, etc).

Let them be surprised by the work itself once it's complete, rather than by the way you discuss it when it's still a work in progress.This is where the investor resumes a more active role in the process, and can be a good stand-in for the buyer.

I'm moving to a recently purchased 2-family in June and I plan on asking the longer term tenant if they would assume a pseudo-property management type role (cut the grass, shovel/salt walkways, etc) in turn for not raising the rent when we extend their lease in April.I don't think the current value has risen enough to eliminate PMI yet but incentives that's gone it will provide a nice boost in monthly cash flow.

If you have skills as an analyst there are likely to be a lot of roles there for someone with the first few levels of the CFA completed.  

Meet a local investor who's already doing what I want to do (i.e. role model vs. mentor)4.  

Taking it even further, how and where the mortgage banker sells their loans plays a huge role in what interest rates they can offer.