I pay a premium in the short run and they don't cash flow on paper as well day 1, but they increase your purchasing power over time and I also buy distressed under market in these neighborhoods to force some appreciation to market value in the short term; quality over quantity.If I buy a property and the price and rents don't go up over the long term, as the standard advice seems to go, then I've made a serious error in my analysis; inflation and CapEx will erode my profits away and I will lose purchasing power over time ... some food for thought from a slightly different POV.

My name is Erick F. Jarquin.  I am in the global trade of fruits and vegetables.  I work as a Director of business development for the Caribbean and Latin America.  I have zero experience in the real state market but ...

As stated above, except for any food or drink you happen to order, there is no charge to attend.

Of course, I am willing and able to assist the business even if it means grabbing coffee, food etc.

I can tell you when you move up the food chain into bigger deals this is how it works and how it should work.you try to flip a plat ( I do this ) to lennar or Horton or any other big builder.. you better have the powder to close.. they can walk from 100k EM in  a heart beat.. sit there and watch you die on the vine then have their land Ack guy come right back to the seller and buy it...

If food cost,rent,labor go up or store needs to be re-imaged or machines need replacing etc. then I can have next to zero profit.   

(There is a school four properties away so they may have wanted to prevent school kids from investigating the unsafe structure) It's not humorous at all that a tenant lost her home, I am unsure if she had renters insurance but I set her up with my church St Pauls Episcopal in Maumee where they operate a food pantry and keep a charity fund for just this purpose and she already has the red cross housing her.

That would be like asking a stranger at a restaurant to order your food for you.  

Instead of driveway issues (your car blocked mine) it would be more petty like he stole my food, they don't split toiletry costs equally, loud music, smoke, bathroom doesn't get cleaned, or someone pees on the seat, etc.

We ranked all our monthly expenses with a 1 to 5. 1 being absolutely essential like food and shelter, 5 being totally frivelous - stuff we were spending money on which was neither necessary or enjoyable to us, like a storage unit we had because I couldn't be bothered to organize our garage more to make space for the stuff in the storage unit. 3 we would use for things which were not necessary, but we enjoyed.