Our real estate investment group has access to Private Equity (soft money) lenders that provide funding for  deals up to $2.5M in all 50 states.

Kind of a broad brush answer but many opportunities could come up in the next 8 years.

True there is no market without cycles. however the australian market is the best performing one in the developed economies. though it is dependent on Chinese , the market might have a correction or soft landing but will never crash. there is  acute shortage of houses sort of controlled release of land.

I have two cats and even though the cats are brushed to remove excess fur, every day the floors are cleaned of fur. 

I can brush and roll a few rooms faster and better with my 2 boys than any crew I've seen. 

Then a soft kind message to not rile the lead. 

Although it is only about a 40 minute commute from Mountain Home to the Boise Airport, about all there is in between are a few truck stops and lots of sage brush.

Divided into hard costs(known) and soft costs(unknown). 

I must be getting old and soft.

If they don't.... well if you read any of my other things on PM I speak of my philosophy of management called an "Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove", the soft approach doesn't work, than it's all Iron Fist, and I mean that in the most tyrannical ruler means possible, the only measure I have stronger than that is when I call up the lawyer which we refer to as "The Hand of God" because thats the level of destruction she can bring down.