The idea was centered around the benefit of networking as a newbie to the real estate game.

This is the legal ownership of the instrument so you should be able to ask for it, although many collectors sitting a call center may not be so informed about the question so think about taking it to the manager.

Unless any of you locals have any other suggestions for more affordable lodging near the Convention Center.

In this case, sounds like a SMLLC therefore that income retains the original character of being passive income and therefore belongs as interest not Schedule C income

It is rare to have the cultural mo in your backyard and if it is not one industry centered it is pretty hard to stop.

Trent no offense but you are talking about a pipe dream.So you have zero experience yet want a huge payout.I have worked for developers assembling land.My biggest project was on about 25 acres with a 600,000 sq ft mixed-use retail project with an after build value of 150 million dollars.Money is tight right now and unless you have an awesome piece of land most developers are doing repositions where they can reface a shopping center and make new again.This cost much less money than building from scratch.New development has a bunch large down requirements as construction projects are required in phases for lending.What I have seen happen is they bought a piece of land as a group.Leveled it with the first phase of money and then starting putting in pipes and concrete and the second round of funding fell through.They could line up more funding but it is much more expensive then what they had before and the percentages would affect to much the partners that have already put in money.So in those types of situations the partners would much rather wait for the lending environment to get better to get reasonable terms for the next round of funding to finish the project plus rent rates will have most likely improved by the time it is built instead of right now and concessions will be down.Holding costs while waiting is a concern but is balanced against other factors.The anchor for a big project like that will wait a few years if the location is that good.If it is a sub par corner the anchor will cancel their commitment and move to a better location instead of waiting for that one to be built.If you like development go work for a firm with experience and put in your time learning the ropes.To think about this other stuff is a waste of time.

I'd pick you all up, but since light rail isnt far from my house, and drops off a block from the convention center/hotel, I'm going to take the train!

I would get out my notebook, draw a line down the center, and write all the things that I did right that day under the "Plus" category...and all the things I want to improve on under the "Delta" category.

I don't even know what category this would belong in so I apologize in advance.

Since the building of the Hollywood & Highland center real estate has only gone up and many new luxury condominium developments have started to appear stretching out eastward.Without looking up statistics, but from my personal observation, I would say that the crime in Hollywood is mainly committed by people from other places i.e Compton etc... and a combination of a thriving night life which unfortunately involves drug trading.