I do know the why and the goal, but sometimes I simply get scared by the risk.

Moreover, some private lenders may want to be a debt partner and not an equity partner where they are simply lending you the money and you pay a set interest rate just like a bank loan. 2.)

Knowledge is power and worst case you'll discover it's not a career you want to do but have a better understanding for how it all fits together. 

I discovered BP about 3 years ago and it has definitely given some perspective.

The guru's that promise to teach you the secrets are often packaging generic information and selling it at phenomenal markup to people that want to get started but often do not have the resources to start and the fee they are charged simply puts them further behind. 

And for these newer companies I have to guess they simply have not encountered or planned on failing projects so its all new to them on where what why and how to deal with it. 

I leaned doing business in Texas everyone surveys before closing. out in the west we rarely do that unless its acreage or some other special circumstances we simply would not have enough surveyors to keep up with resi transactions in a timely manner.. but I can see in Texas were the land use rules and no building codes or lax ones and no licenses required years ago.. that you need to do this.. you opened my eyes on that one. 

We simply need to find a lender willing to transfer the debt is our current thinking?

What if he pays you and you simply keep the money?

It's 2023 and I'm in the same boat as I was a year ago when I first discovered the program (haven't made my move yet).