Broadly for me/us I'd just say that our perception of where the market/economy is headed just informs more of a general intuitive appetite for using leverage.My view is that uncertainty in future market outlook (perhaps forecasted by leading indicators) mainly drives price volatility, and perhaps increases risk of lenders 'calling' revolving credit lines to meet their own liquidity needs.The more 'bad' the indicators are, the more chance that we perceive our lenders possibly wanting to 'call' revolving lines of credit, is the way I think about it.  

And as you proceed, you'll adjust your risk appetite based off your income, experiences, regulation, etc.

I think it's the best way way to invest:1) There is no right or wrong answer to this question, it depends what your appetite is?

it depends on current value of the property, original sales price, how much is 1st mortgage, terms of 1st, what kind of property is it, if borrower is able to refi or payoff the baloon, note buyer's appetite for IRR.

Again, great info, and really whet my appetite and opened my eyes.

Your risk appetite is totally up to you and your confidence in your asset!

I still consider myself fairly new to this world, and I can say with 100% certainly the biggest battles are the internal ones, and this industry has given the pleasure of being forced to address several of my short comings, and continue to address them all the time.I find I get the most emotional when I get reactionary, so my constant focus is around honing and suppressing reaction as a whole both internal and external.Thanks for taking the time to write this up.

@Jonathan Holmes, @Joe Davalos and @Michael Ablan There are a number of sites where you can direct people to get off mailing lists.The FTC has an informational site about all sorts of unwanted contact: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0262-stopping-unsolicited-mail-phone-calls-and-emailBut the place to go for opting out of mail is The Direct Marketing Association: http://www.directmail.com/mail_preference/Most professional and ethical list compilers will run their lists the the DMA suppression each month as part of the standard list hygiene.

They're going to need a certain water tap size and electrical requirements, fire suppression etc which will all hinge on whether they're a brew only,  a tasting room, a restaurant, size of their tanks, etc. the beauty of commercial is that the tenant takes on the burden of build out like that... of course the landlord pays by giving them rent credits.

Denver Fire is really making things hard around town and just don't seem to understand how the financial impact & timing of having to install fire suppression systems can really kill a great project.Good luck, I'm going to try to do a drive by of your project.