The lone new buildings stand in stark contrast with their immediate surroundings.

You can pass it off to the contractor in the contract, but at the end of the day if there is a run in with the city, you will be standing in court along side of him or her.

We invest in multifamily properties in San Antonio and our last contract we had to move on within a few hours and stand out with a creative offer.

With an FHA loan there are two advantages: 1) you only have to put 3.5% down, and 2)there is the possibility of folding a 203k construction loan into an older property, which is also covered on the loan, and will allow you to renovate without dipping into your own money.  

Marc, there are also some "peer to peer" lending companies like Lending Club which may be available to you, though I've read mixed reviews of them online.Here are a couple of articles I bookmarked on the topic: Peer-to-peer lending: From the people, for the people; and Wall Street's Takeover Of Peer-to-Peer Lending Almost Complete.Also, the Mister Money Mustache forums seem to have some good commentary on specific companies such as Lending Club (since MMM was an early user/proponent of it - not sure where he stands on it now).

Any agent on here knows that they get back 10 fold of what they pay/contribute on here

Once everyone is settled in the judge will appear and when your name is called you must confirm by standing and stating if you’re the landlord or tenant.

Just do  it the right way, and make sure you stand out from the crowd and it is a breeze!

In the event you make a mistake and someone comes looking, you want to be able to stand in front of the court and list the efforts you took to locate a person who may have an interest.  

Sometimes you have more rights as a landlord/occupant, because it is your personal house.Once you know where you stand...and the laws favoring tenants, you can better decide how to proceed.Ideally you will just tell him that it isnt working out and that you will give him a good reference for his next place.