Don't feel bad about not being "supported" by the "family member" that is an agent, but not supporting you.

The lease terms must be over 30 years but less than 99.A master lease has some of these aspects, but does not have the advantages of NNN leases where you can get a mortgage on it as it's treated as real estate.I know an investor who does these deals in NY who targets owners owning properties for a long time, don't want to sell due to capital gains, too old to manage the properties.

And it's been three weeks since the last bad rainstorm when I had a dipping ceiling.  

We have 3 kids, have lots of bad debt, make less than $100k/yr combined and work WELL over 40 hours a week at our normal jobs.

@Mark DiGioia my bad! 

@Cory Peters Pulling out some equity to purchase another property isn't a bad idea, but it isn't your only option. 

There may be projects that take longer to rehab, stabilize, or sell than you originally anticipate, so you need to know how they treat you when you are coming to the end of your loan. 

Its tough to start out in this area at this time with the prices around the Medford area, but there are still some opportunities looking a little further out in the areas such as Malden and Everett but it is also not bad to look further towards anything close to public transportation into the city.

Should CAM should be treated as something outside of the normal PM fee? 

  - Treat contractors, lenders, agents, title folks, etc with respect and reward good work with referrals and continued business.