@Chris WinterhalterWe had similar issues with a brick building and ended up using a faux stone cladding not unlike what you have depicted, but in a mixture of grey-tan with green in it.  

Second there are turf colorants that make a drought stricken lawn look green.

I am because I eat, breathe, sleep commercial real estate.

This would bring me into the green by $4,064 for the year, and $338 per month.

I don't want to buy a condo which will eat that 30k in a down payment.  

I've been around and evicted people and to eat 2 or 3 months is usually worst case senerio (considering you have good insurance and an umbrella policy for injury, or vandalism) this a month ago was unthinkable that this was even a possibility. 

I think you eat the 16 bucks considering you are renting a unit for almost 2 grand a month, or you find another bank to use.

Only 2 agents out of 500 actually presented my offer.Although it's true that agents can be empowered by their clients to reject certain offers, there is no way on God's green earth that 99.5% of all sellers do so.

@Dwight Green JrI can't imagine that there would be any downsides to getting licensed as an investor, it will only help you to gain a better understanding of how transactions work, legal stuff you need to watch out for, and you can get access to the MLS.

Not sure how that could work other than profit sharing on net rent income.... was thinking possible sub-2 on the mortgage but I'm a 50% rule believer on the rents so a 30 yr at approx 600 a month would have worked immediately in my mind relative to the 2400/mo rent ...I'm still too green to see out-of-the-box possibilities, if they even can exist with this situation.