@John Moon  I can relate to your mixed feelings; however, the issue of sellers asking for ridiculous prices for their buildings is never going to go away, as this is intrinsic to human nature. 

I’ve been really curious about real estate for the past 5 years and that curiosity primarily comes from my involvement in Habitat for Humanity.

Its human nature to feel pressured and rushed.

Its just that need of human interaction to really get going .Unless you have sit through these fantastic sales seminars and got the inspiration well its hard to imagine... much like church.. we all have a bible or some sort of faith based book.. but we still go to a service to listen to a priest , preacher , Imam , Guru ( of the Indian variety)  what have you.. because its that person to person interaction  that motivates and inspires. 

I guess this is that troublesome "human side" of real estate you always hear about...

Reading about real estate is cool, but talking to real humans standing in front of you that are actually making it happen it's awesome and gives me a lot of confidence!!!

That is just absurdly far out of my budget. 

A revocable living trust is an entity that can get a Fannie loan, but all the underwriting will be identical to if it was the human borrower getting the loan, and the human borrower will sign for it.

At the end of the day, we're all human, I like to let that shine through.  

Basically 10 years later Niagara Falls is the same, the city has wasted all the casino revenue on special interest projects, and the homeowners still have absurdly high property taxes.