Rabbitt hole #2: Then went down another rabbit hole of taking my cash and investing into another smaller condo outside of the area into other towns, but I think my DTI is too high due to my self employment.  

I have seen writing on the walls, spilled paint or juice stains in the carpet, holes all over the wall.

He is still trying to climb out of that hole.

That being said I’ve come up with an idea that I want someone to pick apart the holes in the plan and possibly answer some of my concerns. 

Question: where’s the best place to find those smelly crap holes outside of an auction?  

I told her that as long as there are no holes drilled in the outside of the house or electrical that needed changed and that they were aware that any damage to the windows or doors would come out of their deposit…I have no objections to cameras. 

If you make 100k a year and had some equity gains with 1031 and now buying a center with a big portion of your net worth buying the wrong one can be catastrophic and take a long time digging out of that hole to get back on track.I have been doing commercial real estate about 2 decades and have reviewed about 1 million properties.

I suspect you work through a lot of access issues  or property wont perk  or property were they punched a few dry holes into the ground and no water etc etc. 

People should know that property pricing is based on many things besides number of beds and baths in a home/ the few data points readily available online, and that algorithms don't know what the difference in price is on one side of the street vs. the other, one side of the tracks vs. the other, city or county address, one school district or another, updated tastefully inside or a hack-job remodel by a first-time flipper (or not updated in 75 years)... what the place smells like, if it's on a busy street, on a hill with a nice view or in a hole with drainage issues, near a hot new development or in an area experiencing terminal post-industrial decline etc.

Absolutely don't do any work until approved by your insurer unless its mitigation (ie tarping a hole on the roof to prevent further damage).