A sure sign of a an opening being used, is this black grease like substance around the opening.

If someone has creditors chasing them, or has a domestic or substance issue, it will often turn up.

Be more intentional in cultivating and nourishing the relationship.

Is there something/a substance we can apply to help loosen the valves?

Originally posted by @Shawn Dawson:Looking for help for where to start for real estate investing  You've got to narrow this down a lot more than that to get anything of substance out of this thread.

The Howey test is used for franchise agreements, partnership interests, pension plans, and bank instruments...mostly.The form of the agreement and what parties call it is irrelevant, courts and regulators will look at the substance of the contract.For notes, the Supreme Court created the "family resemblance test" under Reves.

If it still boils down to NNN lease just via different language, then the IRS will look at the substance of the transaction and rule that NNN is NNN no matter what you call it. 

toothpaste spit all over the bathroom faucets, and some sort of substance -- guessing food smeared all over the bathroom counter.

Donald Cressey is The Fraud Triangle: 1- A perceived unshareable financial need. 2- Perceived opportunity. 3- Rationalization.Financial pressures change in life, medical care for aging parents, a family member becomes ill, college costs, mid-life crisis, substance addictions and gambling, jealousy/feeling "owed" or wronged, social pressures to "get ahead"...The biggest losses are always where there are no checks & balances, no separation of duties, no policies and procedures in place. 

   Welcome Cameron you are in the right place to be taught and nourished into growing up from newbie to a fully grown real estate investor.