I mostly function between Franconia Notch and Tilton and I'm happy to help out where appropriate.

Visualizing not relying on someone else for a paycheck is what keeps me going.  

Or you could raise money from your friends and family (raising other peoples money and then investing is a core function of being an investor) and then put a deal together that makes money for your private investors (family, friends etc).

Borrowing against my 401k will functionally give me use for that cash that I don't think I'll get much more performance against right now.

http://www.balanceprocess.com/what-is-a-non-warran... says:Projects where a single entity owns more than 10% of the total units (for projects with 21 or more units).Project has inadequate insurance coverage.Condo project has similar characteristics and is managed as a hotel (condotel)Project (HOA, sponsor, developer) is in litigation that relates to safety, structural soundness, functional use or habitability of the project.New construction condos.Established condos that have additional phases in need of completion.High percentage of non-owner occupied units.High number of units being delinquent on association dues for more than 60 days.Project budget is not appropriately structured.

We have used VAs for many years successfully. 2 full timers who handled incoming and outgoing calls, emails, back office functions and anything we dont want to deal with...we trained them ourselves and very happy with them.

Thus, the trustee has no more power than the beneficiary gives him, and has no function other than to do what the beneficiary directs them.Land trusts are revocable, and may be changed, modified, or terminated while the trustor is still alive.

When I was not looking at houses, I was driving around looking for houses that might have not been online.So now that you have a visual on my process, let me touch on where things got tricky.

As @Igor Messano mentioned, you should visit/look at online nearby properties and see what they did in terms of aesthetic and functional design.

Although you can function without a team if you build a team you can trust it will save you money in the long run because they will generally work cheaper then normal if they know they are getting constant business.