<3 I'm super thankful for what @joshdorkin @Brandon Turner @davidgreene @davidmeyer @Mindy Jensen @Scott Trench & all of the other amazing team & staff members @BiggerPockets have created. 

We are so proud of what we have done, it is the greatest thing I have done in business saving this store and all credit is given to the team: ACE Hardware Corp, the SBA, the former owners, my partner/investors, the Ypsilanti community and extremely loyal customers, University Bank, my wife Kathlynn, and the amazing staff of 9 who keep this business running every day.

It’s not like companies were extolling its amazing benefits back when they had a choice.

@Scott Shafran Amazing!

@Michael Beeman Amazing story!

The unknowns I have had to learn the hard way are everything you can not see using one point in time (pre buy inspection); i.e. subfloor wood rot in your crawlspace that no one caught (even though 4 people were down there at different times), permits (have people pulled them in the past for big things that were done on the property), septic drain lines (septic tank was amazing, but the drain lines were faulty had to get a permit and get the city to do an inspection and called for a 7,500 repair and partial mound system to be installed....when the original inspection and pump was aok because it was a dry time of year)...., speaking of time of year, a HVAC unit that was inspected in the winter and the differential was AOK, was inspected for a closing in the summer and had to be completely replaced (4k-that I wasn't supposed to have to spend), drainage issues on the property and water intrusion......no body really inspects for drainage issues prior to closing, especially when it's a dryer time of year, then BOOM the rain hits and water is coming in over the foundation because water is not being routed correctly around the house.

I haven't made my first deal yet, but I found this AMAZING house. 

Yes It feels amazing.

Some huge chunk of the Agency guideline content is essentially "oh you can do this amazing common sense thing to get you into a house!!!!

I don’t want to avoid it, because any place in the Caribbean is amazing, but I’m looking for more of a vacation home  than a rental.