If you'd like to meet at Crux Climbing Center or Austin Bouldering Project, I can do that a bit more readily.

There is not enough cash flow in this deal for you to sit tight on an empty unit until you find the quality tenant (that you might not even be savvy enough to identify in these early stages of your landlording career ) that makes for a smooth running operation (especially impotant for a newbie).

My opinion is that, regardless of who the President is, we are in the late upswing stage of the business cycle.

Let's explore some key steps in this dance:Setting the StageBefore the negotiation even begins, sellers can take actions that set the stage for success.

Anyone have thoughts about Center Square vs. rest of Albany? 

At this stage, it will likely be next week.

@Angad Kamat, if you don't mind a cheap cooking range yourself, that's all I would recommend you spend at this stage.

On the plus side, the building is in a highly desirable "Class A" location on a nice, tree-lined residential street that is walking distance to the city center.

Would be great to hear some experiences of others who were in the predicament at the beginning stages of investing!

The ones I have gotten was they want to get money for different stages of the construction process.