If your holdings are small (i.e. a couple of SFH), the cost of setup companies, annual filings, etc. may simply not be worth the cost.

I simply told anyone from his team that I have talked to that I do not want to partner with Kris and give him my money.

            - For any part of the project that you finance, whether it be purchase, the rebab, or both, do you simply look at the monthly loan payment for that leverage and multiply that monthly debt service payment by the number of months you expect to hold the property?           

It is simply a matter of acknowleging that contractually title will be good to go at a named date in the future.

This seems like assumptions that are simply not feasible. 

I pray this would help someone thinking of entering  or who wants to enhance there real estate business.

The lesson was simply adding it before someone asks next time Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Background: Oakland multi-family (4-plex) propertyScenario: Existing tenant would like to add new occupants (2 relatives) to an existing month-to-month agreement. 1) Should we add the new tenants as master tenants or simply as authorized occupants?

It forces you to look at previous lessons learned before you can enter a new item. 

When questioned about the insulation he simply said it wasn’t included in the quote.