Its been my experience that most contractors aren't fun to deal with under normal circumstances, but if they even suspect they will get shorted, you're almost guaranteed that they'll stop work immediately and you will face this exact same situation again. 

I have 1,000 and wondering if i should continue saving for my emergency funds or gamble and invest it.

We set a policy that all of our communication goes through our property management software outside of normal business hours.

That's normally handled at closing.

I get the point of if you can invest your cash for a greater return then its cheaper to use OPM to rehab houses and obviously if you rehab more than you have cash to support OPM is the only way to go.In my area using OPM usually ends up costing about 20% after figuring in the points, fees and interest which is pretty normal from what I can see, at least for those that dont have a good long term relationship with a lender that gives them better rates.

Hello,We bought a duplex in October of last year. Our water bill has been a lot higher compared to the bills in the last three years. I know a total of eight people lived in both units before we purchased the home and...

Currently I have:$23k = rollover IRA$13.5k = Roth IRA*If it's of any importance, I'm unmarried, renting, no kids, and under-employed right now looking for an opportunity that matches my  normal salary range of $60-70k.

We've had them for about a year and a half and everything has been going fine besides the normal landlord stuff. 

Easiest to talk to that person's local bank who will connect with USA branch lending (for example if you have hsbc premier account, they will arrange a US mortgage). 40% downpayment, and interest rates normally 1% above the current rates for US residents. 

On my side of being a housing provider, we would "gross up" (I don't like that term, but that's what we use) the tax free income to basically simulate what it would be if it were normal taxable income.