Essentially the consumer is agreeing to the fees after the fact.

I do this to make money and grow wealth, not to make friends and grow the economy.I suspect that your perspective on the numbers right now is flawed, but not knowing anything but asking price and offer prices doesn't allow me any insight into whether the deal makes sense.

As you grow, you will find that there are certain brokers/agents that do quite a bit of REO listings.

(cost is to high) however, this makes a much better market for long term rentals as property value is rising and the city is growing at a rapid rate with a high demand for rentals (all relative to where I live).These things helped me to decide.

It's unreasonable for the city to expect you to grow more land to accommodate a parking ordinance instituted after the building was built and was not in place at the time the occupancy permits were granted.One thing you may consider, if there's room, is to make the parking spaces smaller, if need be.

Due to our business loss, in 2009, we're a bit leary of taking too high of a risk.I highly recommend reading "Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill

Grats to you on that feat.Be sure to check out this e-book on Using BiggerPockets to Grow Your Business

Damaged a watermelon plant that my husband was growing with care for 2 months (stepped on it) by trespassing the easement boundaries (the watermelon plant was OUTSIDE of the easement area).2.

I am willing to work hard, learn and grow slowly and steadily to prevent big mistakes and loosing money.

That assumes the project only consumes your time and money for about a year.