Reminds me of several guys that worked in a plant we did the engineering on.

My wife and I are working towards replacing my 55+ hours a week Manufacturing Engineer position with a less than full time real estate position.  

Sometimes folks need a "burning bridge" to drive forward. 

Woodfern has burned many professional and unprofessional investors.The issue is your appraiser took comps from of this dead end road, but an isolated street like that is really not part of the neighborhood.  

I teach in the construction engineering program.

Hi Jenny,I use www.upgrademycredit.comwww.notecollection.comThe "what ifs"The seller could die, could get legally incapacitated, could disappear, could declare BK, etcHouse could burn downTenant could default, fight you on improving credit, decreasing debt to DTI 43%, not allow inspections, bring seller to court as per the ATR rules of the Dodd Frank, etcAn RMLO prevents some of thes problems,  using a property trust solves others.I encourage all REIs to be licensed and consider listing for a lease with option to buy or a ROFR

Our building is stone  I explained that we were unlikely to rebuild in granite if the place burned down and they got into how the biggest issue being a repair vs replacement and that it is more costly.

Many empty lots in established neighborhoods, may have had a house that burned down or was torn down for another reason. 

I've worked as a software engineer since 1984 (except for the short time I tried making it in real estate).

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