Phillip I. has good advice - start going to some Meetups and networking, and trade off some of your other time commitments (watching tv, for example) and set up keywords here on BP . . and start reading it religiously as well as listening to the podcasts. 

When I used to practice law I would often see people that tried to do their own divorces to "save money on an attorney" and then didn't know the tricks of the trade that someone experienced would know and it would cost them tens of thousands of dollars over time

. - trade at many multiples above book value. 

@Mike SattemYou might want to step back and not try to sway the appraisal because they know their job, and if you don't like the outcome dispute it, and some lenders will back away when a borrower suggests anything.

Prior to the webinar I mentioned, I had been self teaching myself to trade in the stock market, which wasn't going too bad.  

It's a great time to ply your trade and build your capital quickly in order to move from "hired" to "hiring."

If the equity margin is small or negative, the note should trade at a greater discount (and thus provide a greater yield) to reflect the additional risk level of the investment.

Personally, I don't think there is much merit in trying to say I planned for any different outcome, even though I am open to any alternate outcome.

This will allow someone to trade up into a unit & give me another project. 

There are trade offs, but it could be a way to get solar on a flip for quite a bit less than you could otherwise.Eco friendly can take the form of items like bamboo floors.