During law school, I began working for a general contractor on the side and eventually went from lugging lumber and dumpster-diving (it's a thing) to working on every aspect of construction as a full-blown carpenter.I'm currently interested in flipping, note and tax lien purchasing, and other facets of real estate investing that don't involve being a landlord.The one twist is that I'm planning to move to the Brickell section of Miami toward the end of the year, so I probably won't become active in NYC, but I'm still hoping to meet people no matter where I am.Anyway, I'm 56 BP podcasts and several books into my continuing education and am always willing to listen to advice, so please feel free to reach out should anything I've written raise an eyebrow.Thanks for reading.Best regards,Dave

I have spoken with one person who is out $16000 from WFP fallout and a bulk of it was deposits and such that were sitting in their escrow account.And here's the twist.

Simple.However, there's a twist to the story, sometimes a company would call him back with the question, "Did I win the contract?"

By the time you get rings and deposits, the porcelain is already compromised and etched, so no need to be gentle at that point.

Use a metal one if possible unless if you are very gentle.

It was laid out over a gently sloping hill side with several natural springs.  

Mind you, I come from a ghetto part of town, but with the incentive of making money of adoption (you do get paid monthly to adopt children, at least here) don't you think the lower class "ghetto" would be the people striving most to adopt add twisted sexual fantasy, and pedophile can practically window shop for his next victim.

There are a lot of good answer from smart people on here already so I'll simply add a twist, that being, what is the investors goal and timeline? 

It got pretty bad, even with gentle reminders to pick up, there was little or no response. 

Daniel, great point, this really places a twist on the whole transaction, 203k is not going to be a great avenue on the surface level, it is really designated for owner-occupant, now with that out of the way.