It isn't off the table entirely, but for an affordable building we may have to take a step backward in terms of housing quality to move forward in investing.

Bring something to the table, like helping the mentor with promotions and prospecting.

Although it is important to evaluate how effective both of you are being it is bad for a partnership to start thinking they are bringing more to the table then the other.

It sounds like in some areas the buyer can say "I want 500K off" and the seller can say "No" then the buyer can just wait until the closing table (weeks later) and say "OK 250K off", "How about 120K off?"

If it makes you money and it's your best option on the table use it.

I am working on getting my CA Real Estate license by the end of August 2020.I bring a tangible set of skills that I can apply with any potential mentor's business and/or needs in case he or she is worried that I will not be bringing anything to the table in return for their guidance, education, and potential partnership. - I have an engineering degree from SJSU.

It sounds like since the property sits on a slope, the water table on the uphill side of the basement is actually higher than the basement floor, thus infiltrating. 

If anything they just look at me and smile while I glare at them.One time the guys kid as they were leaving (this was after he proceeded to use my furniture and bed as a trampoline and chase my terrified cats) started to run to jump on the dinning room table.

We then build a sensitivity analysis table with 25 bps spread 200 bps in either direction outputting the resulting IRR.By keeping our baseline assumption neither overly aggressive or conservative we can use the sensitivity table as a lens for either strong or weak market conditions.

If the total project cost is $125k, you'll probably be looking at around $25k to bring to the table and the remainder of the project cost financed by the lender - usually around 10-15% interest with a 12-13 month balloon.