The one who did reply is also an investor who signed up for my buyer's list and expressed an interest in a property I just got.

Pay yourself first" can better be expressed by "stick money in your savings account and investments before you blow it on crap."

I have investors - including my former boss - who believe in me and my capabilities enough to express interest in investing with me.Did you jump in and learn as you went?

But some have expressed a need/want to look over and approve the house/budget before lending money and then want to split profits.My question being if you were a PI would you be willing to loan a startup money at an interest rate, or would you want to be involved in the project and then rather see a % of the profit instead of interest.Also I am going to be holding a meeting soon with them , which topics would you suggest we hit to get everything out in the open and how would you structure the profit split.

Hey Ken.I'm brokering them.Does your question express your interest?

So I want to express my eternal Gratitude to the founder of this site Joshua Dorkin for creating a platform in which individuals like myself can gain access to valuable information and other professionals...I look forward to meeting fellow investors and helping others any way I can!

Just a hunch :mrgreen: I will say this, Mitch and I shared some pm's already and he's expressed his sincerity to be a contributing member.

First of all I would like to express my sincere condolences for your recent loss.

All I can do is express my views as an Investor and Realtor for the last one and try to be somewhere in the "middle" for the other two!

The member needs liability insurance to protect the business from himself.Mitch -As many time as this topic comes up on BP and as many times as I try to express this sentiment, it never comes out nearly as well as you just summarized it in three sentences.Thank you...