My brother-in-law heard what I was doing and he told me about a co-worker that currently has about 20 doors under his belt -- naturally I wanted to meet him!

This year's version wasn't a naturally occurring event (thanks, State of Florida & the sugar industry), and the fish kill and other problems were the worst I've seen in over a decade.

Every 12 months he receives $10k as a dividend or something in that nature.

On the other hand, E. coli being in a dug well is practically expected because by their very nature, they are a hole in the ground collecting water and have a high level of exposure to potential contamination (and therefore it's really not a big deal...) - they are just going to throw some bleach into it, re-test until it is negative for EC and total coliforms and say "E. coli?

It's the nature of their business. 

I am trying to keep costs low, so we are just keeping it the natural oak color and hopefully it turns out beautiful!

I definitely understand the addicting nature of the business!

Private lenders are typically found over breakfast or lunches where the conversations will occur naturally and where you don't ask for funds immediately.

Also Kevin Ward from YesMasters, he gives away a ton of free scripts and has a good Youtube channel) and internalize them so they feel and sound natural and are 'you'. 

Yes, the natural thought is that you, as the owner, would do it better, faster, cheaper than outsourcing it but in the end, as your portfolio grows, you want to delegate so that you can free up your time for more important things, such as just having TIME or finding other deals.