If an owner occupant or government entity doesn't buy within that time period it opens up to everyone.  

I work with residential, commercial, and government, I never charged anyone for estimates, some take me plus an architect 3 days to complete.For the investors reading this, please note different contractors have different rules, regulations, and methods on how to run their business.

If you practice wholesaling like 95 percent of people on BP and not actually buying the property you will be practicing real estate without a licenses but that doesn't matter because you won't get caught and the government doesn't have the resources to go after you.

They are; Demographics, Interest Rates, Economic Conditions and Government.

Your local congressman will put you in touch with their "federal government relations" folks, I bet your issues can be resolved within hours. 

Some traditional sources of funding include; business loans, loans from friends, mortgages or secured transactions on assets you already own, saving up money from your own income, starting a non-profit and getting grants from the government, etc.

I am under contract for a NNN with a government entity in Houston TX. 

Did you ever see a government cut its fees..  

If the material is not current, like this year by a CPA or a law firm (not a guru lawyer) a government agency or a university/school, ignore it!

It seems that the good old government has made things a little more difficult.