The Commerce Department report highlights how deep and dark the hole is that our economy cratered into this summer.

Link to ZillowFor what it's worth, we do plan to repaint before the next tenant to a more neutral color. 

Some moderators are very straight shooters and use colorful language that for some people is offensive and unprofessional.  

We found an additional tenant, the home is FILTHY black grout (in what was a new construction brand new home) sticky floors and walls,Roach infested.... literally the floor was sticky from all the raid they must have sprayed.( empty cans every where and the video of the home made my skin crawl!)

The chipped paint in the door frames, and wall or ceiling (can’t tell by the image), and the door frame dark markings don’t look like any deliberate actions by anyone.

Then hubby and his workman were in the property 12-16 hrs/day, working on the first floor in the dark, until they got water, gas, electric ready to go on, so heat, light, a working bathroom. 

I have been wondering what's better:Asking friends & family to invest with me or keeping it arms length using professional investors or hardmoney lenders.Obviously, there are the cost differences, but I am concerned about any potential emotional issues and more particularly friends and family pulling out because we didn't go with their choice of paint color (clearly this is an extreme example, but I'm sure it probably has happened before).My wife and I currently own three homes.

Someone that builds new from the ground up on vacant land (or tear downs) in established neighborhoods with connections to other investors who would put skin in the game for land acquisition and/or construction costs and then we divvy up what's left over after the sale OR the investor buys us out of the deal, as their strategy might be buy and hold.  

I even paid an attorney and a financial investor a total of about $1500 to do due diligence and the investment offer passed with flying colors.

It would be nice to respond with, "Because it was from Tony Nitti.")I had found him and reached him through Rubin Brown, he was immediately responsive, which I was surprised since I assumed it would be a shot in the dark to get time with him.