That is hard for me to swallow.

I also am not a fan of swallowing trash cities like Cleveland & Detroit, then marketing my cap rate on here and getting people on the flip.

Commercial properties will likely pay a lot more in property taxes than residential properties.Here's the article: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/943156/500-million-property-tax-hike-enough-shed-chicagos-junk-bond-rating-analysts-warn“Fabian’s conclusion was that, as tough as it will be for homeowners and their aldermen to swallow a $500 million property tax increase, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council need to bite the bullet even harder.

After a while 50/50 got hard to swallow considering I was bring the deal, managed the subs, dealt with whatever problems arise, etc.

Were the costs of doing the refi a hard pill to swallow.

They can all swallow the pill of having a primary home and a second house (vacation home/seasonal residence) as a mental jump, but beyond that gets tricky, so I tend to just keep the idea to that level.

Hahaha:)  One thing I would have done differently is swallow my pride and somehow find a mentor that I respected and liked right from the start. 

License process can be lengthy so swallowing carrying costs could be heavy. 

I don't want to wait because right now great deals are hard to find and are getting swallowed up right away so you can't wait on those.

There is a fee attached for these services, and you need to swallow it in order to do a thorough background check.