I suspect this lender was just one of the hundreds of crooks out there doing teh advance feescam.If your interested watch the American Greed episode on Remington financial they do a deep dive into these companies..

Any "spreadsheet freaks" out there are gonna be amazed when you dig deep into crunching the numbers. 

I learned some deep skills that will be useful in other realms.This isn't so much "bird dogging," with them giving you some scraps for bringing them business. 

The key is to zero in on one market and really dive deep into understanding it.

You can take a deep look at the deals and get an idea of the kind of variety you'll see and come up with your own due diligence method (that meets your unique situation).

., without having to go to the state where it's located and asking around, i say this because there has to be a good way to estimate these things before going deep into the dealAny insights on this guys?

We cannot even file for eviction until at least August 20th, and with the inevitable backlog of cases, we're looking deep into the fall to have the cases heard, much less the time to get the warrant and actually schedule the set out. 

Read Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Investor for a deep dive on expenses. 

North Canton is a mess right now, they outsourced their building department and went way off the deep end with controls and penalties. 

Quote from @Nathan Gesner: Quote from @Don Konipol: Consider the audience. 99% of BP visitors are small-time investors who will never face lawsuits from investors with deep pockets.