But usually when you open up walls its pretty easy to find the problem. A

I'm not sure how long they'll be in the fixing stage but that could be part of the problem as well. 

Austin suffers the same problem as Dallas.

Don't know how long you have been in business doing this but have you ever been in a period where vacancy was a problem? As

Money shouldn't be a problem as long as the #'s make sense.We'd need to know a few things:total square feet you're buildingWhat do you estimate the subterranean garage will cost alone (may be prohibitive)What's you estimated sale price per unitYou can construct a little cheaper than that cost per square foot, but I've seen garage plans like yours time and time again get nixed because the cost and extra time to construct takes much of your profit out.

Links worked great no problema and book is incredible...has me wound up like a two dollar watch! 

For the 'retail' tenant, this will also be a big problem as even fully able-bodied young people simply do not like using the stairs.Commercial like any other domain has a learning curve (and you never know it all) so keep researching and learning.Good luck,Oren

I had that problem as well, however went to another lender and he said that is was no problem just had to give him a copy of the lease.

I work a lot with reo's and run into this problem a lot!

But the cons are there's a communication problem as far as English and that his prices are becoming more expensive for what his actual skills are.