And judges like to borrow from existing case law that is similar to what they are deciding – it is both easier than reinventing the wheel and tends to appease their preference for consistency.Now could a judge decide to make up brand new law for deciding if rentals are a business for purposes of 162?

And I realize there are some major forces at play in massive development projects that are the basis for these stats of less apartments. 

It would be interesting to see how that played out with  homeowners..

Subs are busy with lots of other jobs and have better relationships with certain GC's than with a brand new face trying to GC. 

Such an accessible market.What resources can you out into play?

If I were looking to finance a property I could play in the 2.5M price point which is a much larger 10k sq/ft office building.

....There are many factors that play into this obviously such as pay increases at my job, getting married etc. 

It works for branding - we haven't done it long enough to really know if it brings deals but I figure you can't hurt yourself by having your name out there everywhere. 

I think it's hard to compete trying to sell a rehabbed 2 story 50- 100 year old property when someone next door is trying to sell a brand new 3 story with a roof deck for a relatively similar same price.

Most syndicators/"investors" are buying at or above market because they are playing the momentum game i.e. prices have gone up in the past 4-8 years, hence, prices will continue to go up.