There were so many occasions when your father would call late at night with exciting personal news or challenges he was facing.

I've had to wait for like 4 days in different  occasions  for an inspection.

Your strategy can and does work, on some rare occasions.

I had to kick Chris out of my mastermind after he lied to me on several occasions and failed to perform.  

Sometimes when close friends and family member provides me a service - especially if its their profession, they will tell me "not to worry about it"  or something to that extent - I have a  family of in-laws that cover a wide variety of local services that come in very handy on many occasions and I value our family relationship as well as their expertise - So regardless of what they offer - I always compensate them with something -  even if it is not their full company rate- I still put cash in their pocket and make sure to let them know that I appreciate what they do and pay them anyway.

On a certain occasion, when his troops were about crossing a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, couched in the usual fanatic terms in use among them, with these words - 'put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry'."

Louis isn't far from Detroit.....unless your gf demands that you're by her side every minute, you can pop back home on occasion.

Hi Christopher,When evaluating a Wholesale deal, I use a calculator that helps me evaluate the (1) holding time from acquisition to selling retail,  and (2) the total financial costs of the project (after getting several estimates)I always look to buy a  property at 0-50% of ARV, and assume the (more major) rehab will be roughly 25% of ARV, leaving 25% "gross profit" to cover expenses like borrowing costs (loan interest, fees, property taxes, insurance, utilities), and selling costs (buyer/broker commission, selling concessions) On occasion a property will only need 10-15% of ARV for rehab/repairs, but that's rather uncommon.If you leave that 25% of ARV for the Rehabber to keep, they'll ultimately profit roughly 10% of ARV for their "take home" earnings.Excited to see a few of your deals!

I will get the ball rolling with the attorney on accepted LOI but on occasion have set it up as a "Blind Pool" offering well before I have even found a target property.As for LOI or PSA before money raised, I have a track record and most all of the brokers in my market know I will close so it's not a problem waiting to raise the capital until after PSA.

I'm not next to the tracks, but can hear it on occasion (whistle blowing or if it puts on the brakes).