That's like a baseball player asking if a catcher's mitt that fits on your right hand still counts as a catcher's mitt. 

I can not say I'm a new REI but a player that went to a junior college to play ball before enter to the big leagues.

I moved to California (stationed there by the USMC) for four years and forgot about baseball..  

Retired baseball player with 2 million dollars to put into investments.

No longer working 80+ hours per week, Massive Passive Income & Coaching my sons baseball team How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I've been hearing about 'hard money lenders' since I first started looking into real estate investing, but always steered away from looking more into the concept with the impression that this might be out of my league.

It's the big-leagues when you put your money on the line and hope to get it all to come out right.

I looked at my contractor this past week when he was not on par and I told him I need him playing in the major leagues (a Glenn Bryant quote). :) I’m trying to push it now...

Unintelligent wholesaler trying to make a decision that is out of his League.

I guess if you can make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame while failing 70% of the time, these experts only need to be right 3 times every 10 years.