Sprayed roundup to kill all the weeds growing up.

It is simply growing.

He now knows you're buying 5 properties, he knows there is more work in the pipeline if he meets his commitments and does good work, he'll have a large incentive to keep you happy to earn the remainder of the work.Remember, humans by nature are lazy.

And convenient for me as a lender because if the borrower defaults, I can put insurance in the lender's entity name with one phone call or email.They occasionally have growing pains, but so far, they have solved any problems once I bring it to their attention.

In order for me to grow as a company, I have to be open, transparent, honest and MOST of all ethical.

I guess the question is more general in nature at this point.

The market here in San Antonio is holding steady, if not growing just a bit.

I am have no real experience on the investment side, looking to learn and grow

I do understand that you don't have a 50k cap if your funding the project in full but it also has to be passive in nature.

I think in many scenarios it is human nature to postpone big ticket items to maximize cash flow and when the property is sold - those big ticket issues are sold as well.So deferred maintenance is something I would look very closely at.Chris