This is what can go wrong when you have beginners wholesaling who have no training in real estate, no experienced managing broker to go to for advice, no license, no E&O insurance, no knowledge of how to avoid scams, no regulatory body to answer to, no relationships with other quality people in the industry like title companies, lenders, contractors that they can refer to help people, etc. 

Well....should you invest in a city where the people elected a woman with foreclosures, liens, judgements, garnishments, ethical violations from the state ethics board,  misused a city credit card, went three years arrears on her federal taxes all while yelling for other people to pay "  their fair share, " left skeletonized dead bodies hanging over Canal St for months on end covered only by a tarp until the wind blew it off to reveal to our horror her blatant disrespect for human dignity?

There was nothing I could do about it.We are always at the mercy of tiny government politics and power struggles.

Going to be interesting to see what sort of impact the new Government's mass deportation policy has on rents and construction costs.  

But most importantly, they do not need to be paid back.Funding Sources:Local Government/MunicipalitiesState GovernmentPrivate FoundationsFederal GovernmentFamily OfficesCorporationsWhen applying for a grant, ensure you have an understanding of the details such as eligibility, your project readiness, the purpose, funding amount, areas of funding, limitations and deadlines for the application.The prime candidates for a grant are 1) those developing a real estate project or physical space, 2) scaled non-profits and 3) certified non-minority owned businesses.Ensure you are able to provide the following documents before applying for the grant:Show site control through documentationA project description or business planConceptual drawings or renderings of the physical spaceProfessionally prepared budgets for the company and projectWhat does the grant application process look like?

Toledo's Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority...LMHA which administers the Section 8 program seems to have had a difficult 2016 and 2017 doesn't seem much better.I've been renting to Section 8 for seven years now, I still have my original tenant in fact, and normally I find great satisfaction in renting to good tenants and working with the bureaucracy that comes with a government program...I had 10 properties rented section 8 at one point and have slowly prioritized standard rentals over the program and now am seeing blatant issues with their operations causing me to move away from considering their tenants.Delays in the program: We used to have 5 business day's delay for new-tenant vouchers to be reviewed and processed for inspection but have been going weeks before we hear anything.

You couldn't pay me enough to do section 8, WAY too much work and BS with government people (who are hired idiots that have no clue).

Now it used to be if you got a job with the government and could count on a fat pension then life could be good and with a few rentals excellent.

.… What is the story with the blue body paint We did a commercial on HoltonWiseTV where I was a genie.

So it's possible that the other insurers just don't want to insure your house for some reason and their way of telling you that is to give you a crazy high quote.A body of mine that owns a large portfolio is insured through Vermont Mutual or something like that.