So EMWV and I guess it's simply a matter of taste and local market customs.

Haha Jeff, pretty much what I suspected, the initial contact from your well know idiot borrowers probably didn't meet the "known to you" aspect, sooooo, repeat customers don't make it "private".As I mentioned, all the aspects must be met, your own money is irrelevant as you're in "the business of" lending, you even advertise in your signature.....BTW, a real estate attorney is most likely one of the last people to properly advise in the financial and securities arena, finance is not real estate.  

I would like to tell you that you will find custom building to be less than what you have been told, but that is not the case.

I now have the skill and knowledge to not only make a decent living on my engineer salary, but I can also continue to serve my customer base I created over the last five years and grow my portfolio of rentals.

I am not happy with Sprint's customer service, but hey if I don't have to call them because their actual service is good then I can live with that.It even works in South Bend.

Alright, I'm a complete noobie so feel free to grill me for this one but I've been reading about wholesaling on the forums and I'm not completely sure I understand why it seems so popular.

Contrary to popular belief all low income renters wont kick in walls and trash the place.

As to the neighbor's property, the utility will have a service easement, air rights, necessary to provide service to customers.

The tenant is a fairly popular seafood restaurant in town that is family run business and has been a good tenant (always paying rent on time, easy to deal with etc).

She won' leave when her lease is up and a bump i rent won't scare her off either.You might think it foolish of me to serve in his way but when you look at my numbers I am sure you would get an equal shock... good luck and remember, this is a service industry, if you don't agree with it, buy a REIT...Exactly, customer service is my main concern with my units!