As a principal broker and owner of my firm and an investor myself I look at this differently than many.I use to have 50 agents but do not have any now.3 different thoughts:Brokerage: How can we make the most money off of our agents while doing "vanilla" deals that are in compliance with the E & O policy and keep us in good graces with the real estate commission??

On an institutional basis, there is more of that structure for firms making millions, to put it into perspective, one LLC for lots of assets of similar nature and relative low risk of out running the insurance master policy.

Be firm, but fair.

Tiger Mynarcik curious about the vacancy numbers at your firm and in general in Vegas.

Zillow is gobbling up lots of real estate related companies ...Zillow buys again: $16M for rental search firm HotPadshttp://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/11/zillow-buying-rental-real-estate.htmlZillow to Acquire HotPads To Accelerate Growth of Rental Marketplacehttp://zillow.mediaroom.com/index.php?

For instance, if you had a high concentration of say doctor office money, that might not fit the bill for the debt investor to co-invest with you.The ideal co-investing firm for a debt facility is typically not a bank.

I create a new one for every project that captures the information I need for that project...here is an example from a recent project that I completed:http://www.123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/WI1_House/WI1_Budget_Final.pngDuring renovations, the spreadsheet is my estimated budget, and things are color-coded based on whether I have a firm bid, whether the work is completed yet, how much I've paid, etc.

We were eager to meet and talk to everyone, we had no class distinctions, intellectual classifications, or fear of rejection.

At this point you can try to hold firm but if interior bpo's were performed and they have 3 of them there is not really much you can do.

Cement board underlayment  really quiets any floor and firms it up