i know that's not what anyone wants to hear right now, but the huge rise in home equity over the last 5 years has made equity seem like it's free money and it's absolutely not, in fact it's extremely expensive.  

About 90% of our tenants pay online through our portal and the other 10% pay cash, check, or money order.

What are the main differences in hard money lenders vs. private money lenders?""

A fool and his money are soon parted. 

It’s like everyone’s telling you to go left, then right, then left again.But let’s get back to basics: money is made on the buy—meaning, the discount you get when purchasing a property.

The money is deposited in the 1st even, if it’s a Sunday or a holiday, it can’t bounce, and it can’t be taken back. . 

For example, you could use hard money to purchase and rehab a distressed property and if your total owed on the hard money loan is still below 75-80% of the ARV of the property you potentially could purchase for no or little money down.

The photos online won't be of much use to you as the photos where the money spend is at are in the basements, attics, and the exterior of the house, and every corner of those if that helps.

Your Position: You are the buyer, and you control where you invest your time and money.

Well, he spent all the money in the account, a lot of personal expenses and paid himself money.