If they break the lease or stop paying the rent I have a large deposit as a cushion.I tend to keep the same tenant for many years with cuts down on turnover costs and losses.

Keep in mind that there's a difference between "hard money" and "private money" (though everyone may have different terms).Hard money comes from professional lenders that you probably don't have any personal relationship with -- they lend professionally, and they are going to charge as much as they can get away with charging (as business owners, they should).Private money tends to come from family, friends and/or other acquaintances who don't lend professionally, and who are simply looking for a better investment vehicle than whatever they currently have (generally stocks and bonds).

For some reason I tend to use it as an early benchmark when evaluating a property, but I can see how that could be a recipe for disaster.

Good luck to you and the Red Sox.Condex rules tend to be much more lax than larger associations. 

Mom and pop tenants tend to just want to be in a good location but national tenants are very picky about the placement in a center and their tenants walk ability and traffic flow. 

Some tend to work more slowly if you pay by the hour or day but that is not always the case.

Lastly he commented on MF and felt that its frothy so I took from that meaning lots of new players entering into the space for the first time and tend to over pay and drive caps down. 

both military spouse, living in VA beach and love real estate investing :) My husband tend to like stability rather than challenge talking about finances and like to think that REI is difficult.

I just tend to think "thin out, be agile, drop dead weight, keep progressing."

They tend to be the unsuccessful business owners.