It is a lot easier to deal with 12 properties that are paid for than to deal with 48 or more properties that have heavy debt on them.

If we allowed financing, we could 10 fold our business overnight.

We got delayed on a cash out refinance years ago when the bank's philosophy changed overnight.  

I just got my engagement letter and I was a little surprised to see the heavy focus on the educational side of things.

Stocks as an asset class greatly outperform gold, but only because the top 4% of them in the best-performing market do all the heavy lifting while the other 96% as a group don't generate any excess returns.Owner-Operators are the Winners

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

WWIII and 30 million dead Americans over night.

It's not an overnight process.

If I was involved, I would want to give you fair market value for the land, and only give up a small percentage after that, because the builder will be doing the heavy lifting on this project. 

If it's solid wood, it can be sanded numerous times.....a recent rehab where the floor was thrashed got 3 heavy re-sands, ended up being one of the most beautiful floors anyone had ever seen.Also, I would look at jacking up the center floor a bit while you're at it.