They tell you to go pound sand.

The problems that arise from not performing necessary maintenance can be much more expensive than a few hundred dollars of maintenance and I personally see it as penny wise pound foolish.

@Shawn Swisher  real estate license laws read exactly the same in each state the gurus have pounded into peoples head that the simple fact that they are in contract on a real property that constitutes equitable interest and therefor that allows them to act as brokers legally.. which of course simply not true.some states go after unlicensed activities others could careless.. just depends on where your at and if someone files a complaint against some one.. its almost always complaint driven. ( IE enforcement actions)

Good morning BP,BTW- My head is pounding this morning.

I pounded the pavement thinking I could do better, but now my head is spinning! 

Last year I demo'd 3 hoarder houses.One I took an astonishing 300k pounds of garbage to the dump at the tune of 60k... now that included the house LOL.. but half of that was stuff they collected over 12 years..

Tell him to pound sand

They should be able to give you a really good idea about how to make a deal work with them.If you go into a deal knowing what numbers you need to hit, what documents you need to have, what your timelines are... you should be a lot stronger for it.Has ANYONE ever talked to a hard money lender and had them say 'go pound sand until you have a deal?'

I've also considered looking into becoming a private lender but I feel I should experience the RE game myself before I start lending money out to others.I've been researching heavily, pounding through 1-2 podcasts a day and am in the process of finding a lawyer, accountant, agent and any other people I may need in my RE journey.

In 2013 the whole sale price per pound of marijuana was $3,000 where as today its closer to $1,200.