At any rate, I truly appreciate the advice and will take it to heart as we move forward in analyzing the deal.

I will take the advice, observations and recommendations of each of you to heart. 

Husband had a heart attack November and things will have to be handled differently, with the government agencies getting involved with how and who we lease to and when you can raise rents. 

Here's a property a purchased at the beginning of year. 8 unit, turnkey in the heart of the city What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I love where you heart is on this one, but as you can see from the posts above, this is a dangerous deal.

There is no rent control in the city and assuming the tenants are not subsidized you are able to increase rents to whatever your heart desires.

This is the real heart of the problem today, people completely disowning the obvious, simple truth of causality.

We worked so, so hard on this, sunk $25,000 of our only savings into it, as well as another $25,000 from family members (ouch - bless their hearts), I guess the jury is still out on whether or not it succeeds, but with kids today only interested in video games, and a "Made in USA" price point, ugh, we may have made a colossal miscalculation.

The concern is that I have never worked with him so not sure he would put his heart into (do a good job) unless he was getting paid up front.

Practice the pitch over and over untill you know it by heart using a home that is within your buyers criteria (and appropriate homes for different buyers) Phone interaction is VERY scary for people not comfortable/ experienced in it but I assure you that if you can develop your confidence, you will overcome the largest hurdle in any business and that's saavy communication.