This friend is incredibly intelligent with his money.

An intelligent buy considers not only the immediate capital requirements to purchase but also contingency funds.

I now need to begin thinking about what I need to be able to call those individuals back and have an intelligent discussion with them. 

He talks about standing on the edge to get the best perspective/intelligence. 

Now look at my results:all free.. all motivated..The 95% of the people here on BP are struggling with lead genand the 5% of people (like me that use math, logic, analysis, data, evidence, intelligence) are getting more leads than all the 95% of the others combined.Tell me again...

That being said I'm highly supportive on affordable housing through the permitting of more units for supply to meet demand, rather than through artificial rent controls.

So, you a natural legal person would be representing an artificial legal entity--the LLC.

Some of the cheaper homes may look good on paper, but in reality they can be more time consuming and have higher turn overs and costs.By increasing your down payment, you do lower your mortgage payments, but then the cash flow is artificial in a way as you put more money into it up front to make it that way vs lower down payment but no cash flow and you doing smaller amounts of money each month (or when repairs happen).Expensive areas can be a problem.

It is quite common for PMs to keep rents artificially low, so that they can then tack on a "booking fee" or "hot tub fee" of $100 to $200. 

Under so-called “luxury auto” rules, depreciation deductions are artificially “capped.”