Though I found a pretty good builder from what I can tell, the overall costs are just way too high to sustain a duplex build and come away with anything in the black...

(We already had the reminder in our weekly LaPlante meetings that we are headed into the dreaded Black Friday and Christmas season where tenants can attempt to pay their rent with excuses...we have to be direct and aggressive in our chosen market to collect rent or begin eviction.

Diversity (I️ currently have small cap, medium cap, large cap, foreign research, black rock but most funds available to me seem to have 1.15% fees or more) or do I emphasize the target date?

This would violate the self-dealing rules surrounding IRA plans.The IRS rules are not in specific black and white on the topic of managing real estate held by an IRA. 

the louder and more public your buddy becomes the more likely the outcome there Is no reason that they should not be made whole.. this gives the entire industry a black eye what we have seen and heard here on BP about these companies.

You can get ones for $30 Black Friday deal or even for $50 on a regular day.

Not everything is black and white and some rules and laws need to be passed to regulate how we can coexist with each other. 

While there may be long lines for adoption, I'm not sure there are long lines specifically to adopt black children from poor families.

Black, white, yellow, green, dem, rep, ind, etc.

From a fair housing perspective, it may be equally bad to title this thread "Renting to blacks", or "Renting to homosexuals".