Mine is complex with excel spreadsheets, etc and I'm looking to simplify.

He made everybody sign a very strict agreement that we can not pitch any products or services.

Michelle,Use an Excel template or a Word template.

. :)I'm happy to tell the whole story once I receive the official letter from the IRS (a couple weeks), but long story short, I moved a large chunk of my retirement funds into a self-directed product offered by a relatively large financial company.

If someone brings me an excellent price lot in my area, I will purchase it to use myself not to flip.

Now it could be a scam, or it could be she's trying to do right by her old friend and do something productive with the cash.

Depending on the chain they have a selected broker handling their growth and searches for them.The restaurant also has a builder that does spec work for them.Not all restaurants have free standing and some only have in line models.You have to see what the product mix is for the area.Example if 20 pizza places are in a 2 mile radius the saturation rate might be to high for a particular restaurant.They look at demographics,price for the land,required easements,traffic flow for time of day whether they are mainly a lunch driven business or dinner.Shape of the parcel for architectural work,flow,and what model of restaurant they can build there.Example a franchise has 3 size models.Data for the area suggest the biggest model.Your parcel would only fit their smallest building.In that case they might see about buying another parcel to increase size or find another location.Chain restaurants usually lease the space so they can free up capital to keep growing locations and their brand.

His product uses false advertising as he promises audio CDs but his product is just downloable content to listen to on your computer.

Thankfully I am savvy in Excel and it is all automated, but doing my taxes each year with so many different things to depreciate takes quite a lot of time.Any advice?

They cash flow excellently when rented, so I do not want to get rid of them and I have trouble finding Section 8 tenants for these units.