Contractors, unless you have a working relationship with them, normally do not want you bouncing ideas off them.Understand what their hourly rate is, have a discussion with them that you are okay with paying them an hourly rate if they walk the property with you and provide you a scope of work along with an explanation of what you can/can't get away with in regards to improvements.ask them if you go with them, if they can credit you the amount that you paid.Once you develop a working relationship with a few contractors, you can bounce ideas off them and expect quality responses.I do not invest in New York.Best of luck. 

If it's on your credit, you are on the hook for it.However, it shouldn't effect the loan process too much, a simple Letter Of Explanation should be able to get the job done with the correct investor. 

I am going to start a company website to host the pictures and provide a little explanation of what we did. 

Thanks Dave for your explanation!

And then maybe I wouldn't even worry about the annual fee after a lifetime charge, but to shut down my account without any explanation. 

Also, having a rehab budget already laid out with explanations on how you got the numbers would help and is definitely a plus when I look at deals even though I typically wont use their numbers it at least shows a little more effort. 

I'm wondering if some one can help with an explanation about why a Hotel has many rooms with tax lien on auction? 

We always meet the appraiser at the property with an explanation of the improvements we have completed.

@Tommy Adeoye Wow, thank you for the thorough explanation.

I guess I need to look into a BLOC with a personal guarantee on this one.Thanks for the thorough explanation, Scott!