I walked away from a deal a few years back on this one term. fwiw, that condo didn't get a full COO for 3 years!

I just told the PM that notwithstanding that the dish obviously had to be placed for signal, I didn't want it in the front yard and when placed in the back yard it needed to not be obstructive to the walk way or in the middle of the yard.

After the inspector walked it with me he said it is not major, just take care of it right away.  

Also, I was in a similar process and walked away because of property lines and the headache involved BUT I contacted a pre-fab and they were like $90/sqft including everything except utility hookups.

When the tenant calls to say the toilet is overflowing, saying the furnace will not stay on (and its 2degres F outside), you can't reply, I'll make an appointment for this coming Friday.Walk before you try to run, get some real life experience.In the words of Theodor Roosevelt, "Walk softly and carry a big stick".Don't want to rain on your parade - - really and wishing you nothing but success.

You have to drive/walk your neighborhoods to get familiar with them.

Last June at our church a really old person walks to me and asked if I would be interested in buying his 35 rental properties , they were all single houses , I had never thought of rental business since I had been in gas station business for the last 15 years.

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I did a quick and inexpensive renovation, rented it for $650 with no problem (45% above what he rented it for), and had it appraised for double what I paid, so when I cashed out I walked away with more money than I spent on the purchase and reno *and* left 25% equity behind in the house, with a house that cash flows roughly double the mortgage/insurance/taxes.