I know my numbers, have the subs and the knowledge of the local labor market along with the remaining manpower from our contracting company in addition to my skilled labor daily working on the flip and managing the project.With the knowledge that I would be looking to raise roughly 75k and having 5-8k in the game ourselves for a 6-8 month flip from close to close, what would be fair rates either interest wise or even equity wise from a private investor(s) IF we are also willing to back the investment with a free and clear, cash flowing property as additional collateral to effectively de-risk the investment to almost 0 for the investor.

They cost a few hundred dollars, mostly to cover the manpower to evict.

You cannot even tell it is the same apartment that it once was and we do not have the strength and manpower to move so much heavy furniture.

@Tim Johnson I have seen that too, but the explaination I got was that they have just put it on hold for now more because they have so much work with adjusting existing loans, so its a manpower issue.

Vendors take manpower to manage, keep honest, vette new, follow up, invoice, record, document, etc.

A medium sized company will have the proper man-power to get the job done. #7 meet the employees. if a company has shady looking employees that aren't professional, the apple wont fall far from the tree. 

A lot of this went on in the escalating market in the past where fraudulent appraisals and inflated values sold to straw buyers left the bank holding the home with less value than their note.If it is the other it is really a matter of it is a lot of man power to do the due diligence on a deal to only have that loan on their books for 6 to 12 months.

I agree that it would be best to leave it to police or professional security, but if a towns police dont have the manpower or schools cannot afford it, would you rather have no security, than a qualified teacher?

The SEC does not have the manpower nor interest in chasing every Trust Deed that is created to make sure it is drafted or formed correctly.

I tend to think that making sure you have the manpower and systems in place to handle a certain amount of deals is just as important as raising the money to do them.