Danielle,Welcome, and if you need any help or have any questions feel free to reach out I am always happy to help and talk REI!

In order to make it worth her while you will have to answer both questions to her satisfaction.To answer the first issue of not being real to her, I use a tool I call flash cash.I will bring 1-5k with me in $100 bills and when overcoming her first objection, “I don’t want anything to do with it,” I will fan out the cash like a deck of cards and say, “I know this doesn’t feel real to you, but I am actually here to give this to you.”

Feel free to connect - good luck!

Hope that makes sense, and feel free to message me any time with questions!

Unfortunately, I’ve encountered several issues with the agent’s conduct that have left me feeling misled and frustrated.

The construction draw schedule was made by one of their employees and we never even saw it.

I think relationships with the owners are very important as well - the more you can developed a relationship with current owners the more likely they are to "help" a newer investor as they feel (in part) like they are paying it forward.

So ask them to pre-underwrite your deal and give you a feel for what their best plan would be.

Feel free to DM me if you want to run numbers. 

I feel your pain; I have also had to battle (at times) with my wife to hold on to my long term rentals!