Sorry but this is what you need to hear. it sounds like you need more experts in your corner.

What information do you share when looking for a partner and at what stages of talk do you give the information?.....

STAGING & GIMMICKS Once you have grabbed the eye of the “people driving by” you want to make them want your home by making it look like a “home”.

And of course there are other factors involved with this but having all that money and looking for a better deal after you just purchased a 4 plex with nothing down sounds pretty good to me rather than a refinance.

Charlie.In central Maryland that does sound weird.

If you aren't set on buying locally (sounds like you're not), then you can just pick what feels better and has the better numbers. - Residential rental properties (1-4 units) are the most tax-benefited asset class available. - Residential vs. commercial in general: This is a a crazy-basic article, but might trigger some pros and cons thoughts for you on which to go- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/5-SFRs-or...- Ultimately, what would you most enjoy buying?

I know I may sound ambitious, but I know everyone on this forum has to have big dreams and vision otherwise you wouldn't be interested in real estate investing at all. 

Sounds easy enough but the bank doesn't want to play along since this is now an investment property.  

This is maybe the honeymoon stage for me (less than 1 year). :)

It sounds like you have already started with the podcasts.