I know a few employees there (great people), and have spoken with many people that have invested with BAM.  

Much of the employment are service workers, or public employees, though more and more we see people that work remotely part time.

Interest rates are not huge concern at the moment, I have access to employee bank discount rates through my wife.

That being said, I do know that for the HAR MLS, members are able to access distressed deals.

A good, well-established Contr should not need any money in advance....they should have a good cash flow every week to pay their employees and money in the bank to pay their vendors and Subs.Now of course there will be exceptions.

Most of my co-workers and other around me here in Tokyo either have their company submit taxes for them as part of their employee package or just file through a TaxAct type of service.

Now, most of these smaller banks may only have 12 employees or so.

I've done a couple projects and want to gear up to a more steady operation.What size crew do you use to do flips and are they mostly full-time employees or 1099?

I was told by the city employee that even if I got a permit for the property, only the owner can live in it.  

Are you self employed with no w2 employees?