I usually spend the first hour with new clients to discuss these questions and help them to uncover and refine their goals.

I did hire an engineer, and now that we are deep into the issue other structural issues have been uncovered, so we are looking at almost double the cost. 

I did a background check and uncovered a crime from 20 years ago, but that he did time 5 years ago due to failure-to-report.

But who knows unless it is uncovered. 

Went through an inspection and uncovered a lot of things that should have been updated but was not.

Learning to let the other party break the silence has saved me so much money over the years and uncovered critical details that helped me close deals. 

For help uncovering all the risks and retards associated with lending your money out to other active investors, check out the book I co-authored called Lend to Live: Earn Hassle-free Passive Income in Real Estate with Private Money Lending published by BiggerPockets.com/lendtolive last summer.

Just like you did before, have a natural conversation with them and see what else you can uncover.

My online research has uncovered 5 firms.

and the end of at least one line uncovered.