It makes me wonder why they have to open a user on every forum to publicly clear their name, yet there isn't one real user that can show something they have really done. smells fishy at best.

Doing our best to not let our clients get caught with their pants down while still being clear that we won't be taking care of it. 

Wondering who does horizontal lending on something like that?

My motley crew of salty dogs, I wanted to take care of them. 

Quote from @Jerem Kaawaloa: I have spent the past 20 years working in health care and have only ever purchased properties for my own use, including a home and office.

We are considering becoming a private lender with them and I am doing some background research on him and his companies and wondering if anyone has done any deals with them.

@Jay Hinrichs has posted on that in the past.Many people like to try and hide their identity because of the spotlight effect which refers to how people often overestimate how much others notice (or care about) them, effectively inflating their own importance in society. 

I haven’t made any profit yet and I’m wondering if I should still file taxes for my “business “. 

I was wondering if there would be any advantage creating a LLC or business to pay for the renovation costs.

Have you spoken to local fire officials who would burn it down for you as part of training. we were able to do this once where we coordinated wiht local fire department and they burned it down for us and took care of it as part of their training.