Collateralize it with owned properties, not the properties to be acquired (at first).You can make your note a future advance note, in the event you ever need more.

RichThe BBQ Festival is an AWESOME event staged here in beautiful Surprise.

I look at spamming in the same way as the person that goes to a networking event with the intent only to sell a product or service.

In any event, you can always cite his prior record of trespassing on your property as the reason you don't want to rent to him.

For example they might do 300k a year in sales with for the most part divided evenly among 12 months or they might have one or two events annually where they do 75 to 80% of their business.Those types of businesses are high risk as they will do really good or be in a bunch of trouble.

A little bit of planning for the event will yield much better success.

Bryan Hancock, count me in for the Austin event.

There may be events where your brother or sister may need to show this transaction being at arm's length and a note was made to finance the transaction.b.

I'd rather over insure then be stuck with a bill after a catastrophic event.

My partner in the sporting goods and bicycle industry said we should go into real estate.