In regards to the down payment I found a grant that I might be able to qualify for which is for down payment assistance and closing cost thus cutting my saving time by half.The dilemma I’m facing is that recently I been talking to a national real estate investor and I’ve been following him for about a year in conference calls mainly, his name is Mark Pantak he’s been trying to come to develop a group in NYC for a while but it seem to be difficult for him to find a committed person.

With your 2 properties one vacancy cuts your income in half--a big hit. 

Then you could get a cut of that and build your way up from there.

-client, architect and contractor sit down together and cut costs by finding less expensive finishes, fixtures, appliances, and other measures to meet the budget.

I had to immediately cut ties.

Go ahead, build a money producing web site or app, and let's see you continue the income stream (dealing with me too competitors, for one), dealing with customers, and the endless tech and platform upgrades you will need to be on the cutting edge.

Capital accounts were established for partners, and we put our personal money into the LLC, and the down payment check was cut from the LLC at closing.

With HUD making drastic cuts the last few years in how Housing Authorities are paid most now pay less. 

The idiots didn't know what they were doing or were so desperate they could have blown up the house... they cut 10 feet of our brand new 220 line for the range and about 3 feet of the gas line (copper, corrugated looking).

The more I think about it I would be more worried about liability with a tenant cutting the grass than sanding a drawer.