Basically taking your goals and exploding them into much larger goals similar to what Grant Cardon calls 10Xing your goals.

Did anyone face similar dilemmas when starting out?

See if they're willing to give examples of terms recently closed deals similar to the ones you're looking at.

Certain core activities/responsibilities such as lead generation, follow-ups, tracking conversion rates, etc. are very similar for agents and investors alike.

While you are turning an existing building if it is not completely vacant there is at least some income coming in whereas ground up it takes cash,cash,cash and long times before the money comes in on larger projects.I have a client building a similar size in Salt Lake, Utah but again the higher end renters make the most sense for new builds.

This is a way to avoid a due on sale issue but the seller still gets monthly income similar to if he seller finances.

I already posted similar post in a marketplace, but since I don't actually charge anything for my services, I thought it might as well to be a good place to post to.

I haven’t used them myself yet so I can’t recommend them personally, but they were recommended to me and I’m in a similar situation to you so I’m researching all my options. 

awesome input guys but like Ray says . if he knew what he knows he would have paid 50k more . but the thing is mine is not that similar in price.

But what if its more similar to the S&L crisis?