But I have not pulled the trigger because deals are hard to find in my market and I have enough dry powder to take something down if the sky happened to part and something close to reasonable pops up.   

I have some cash to start my investment portfolio - about 200K but do not have any verifiable income - the business I have been running for the past couple of years slowly dried up.

When the fed turns off the spigot, it cant last forever, that will be the sign of a money "crunch" and you will see liquidity dry up, very quickly. 

It's not cut and dry.

The leak has since dried up and I suspect has moved on.

But , we're not going to leave you high and dry!

But , we're not going to leave you high and dry!

He ended with that he will not respond to any points further and that he will take me to court, and then try to charge me for his time and his administrative person’s time (who I know does not exist, given it takes him 3+ weeks to respond to emails and there has never been anyone but him).TL;DR: I had an agree up price to remodel my kitchen with a contractor but never signed any contract, during the work I noticed a few items that did not meet standards that I requested they fix, and then nearly a month after the work was completed, I received a new estimate with a 30% increase in cost.

Hi Doug, I’m a newbie investor and I listen to Robin Thompson’s teaching CD’s, she is a rehab queen out of Ocala, FL she recommends independent contractors, electrical, plumbing, painter, roofing etc,  the GC can be contracted for Sheet rock, flooring , dry wall etc, better protection for the investor to ensure timely completion of work with cost over runs

Keep your powder dry.