You need to figure out what you can bring to the table and who needs what you have.

I desire to build something great with the guidance of a mentor or as a joint partnership with someone equally as hungry but that may bring other things to the table than what I do.

And after a recent visit to Hawaii, Florida is back on the table as I love the tropical weather but don't want to live in Hawaii.

He will have spent $88K on the project to get to the closing table at the sale, and he'll get $100K at the closing.  

It's hard to walk away from the table at preclose inspection.

Is this standard operating procedure? This agent is rental property landlord (20+) and a potential mentor. He s been doing this in this area for 30+ years. I am a new investor and am going to purchase my first rental ...

If yes, which table should I look at?

I am interested to learn what value commercial agents bring to the table and what expectations I should have when working with a commercial agent.For reference, my background is residential real estate brokerage services and residential investment that includes buy and hold as well as flips.

So they raise capital - investor capital so that the principal in the deal doesn't have to bring money to the table (hence "no money down").But if you raise money and you use that money as downpayment, for me - it's not a true no money down deal isn't it?

I work a ton, so I was rarely there and a lease was left out on a table for a night for all roommates (5 of us) to sign.