Unless that W-2 job also provides you with stock options or a salary in excess of $300k (no stats to back the $300k up, just an observation I've made with working with tons of different people). 

We've certainly rented to people with student loans in excess of 100% of income, but have not had problems. 

The s-corp owns nothing but has SE tax benefits and I can establish/fund a defined benefit retirement plan with excess profits if I need to defer reportable income.  

They moved because they needed a bigger space (there new building was double the size).My calculations indicate that by putting the excess cash generated every month against the principle, I should be able to pay it off in c.11-12 years.Would love any thoughts the collective BP community has!!

I wouldnt be a good csndidate for long term becsuse my drive time would be excessive. 

If it's not the meter or the minor leaks, it must be excessive usage. 

If you do not package correctly and make a bad first impression it is very hard to unring that bell.I don't care who it is we pay nothing to nobody before closing except for a lender deposit and the unused portion is credited back at closing or however the purchaser chooses to use those excess funds.Lot's of scammers out there.

Having said that, those fees do seem a bit excessive compared to what I found when I was shopping around and the non refundable deposit is a huge red flag to me.

The family members were all married and did not want the spouses of each partner to take over if one of the partners died.Our client owned several farms outside of the Chicagoland area which when purchased in 2005, at the peak of the market, having values in excess of 5,000,000.

I think there are 3 main reasons:Financial ignorance: most people I know are happy to follow the 401k path to wherever it leads and worry more about where they are going to go on vacation that year2) Laziness: RE investing is not something that can be done well while sitting in front of your computer and just clicking where someone else told you until you think you're smart enough to click where you want3) there is rarely a "fat pill" in RE investing.