I have a way of getting a flood of potential buyers on the phone and opening their wallet (90% want rent to own or need credit help).

Complete renovation: MLS# 20158980New Granite, Floors, Hardware, Fixtures, Paint, Repairs, Landscaping What was the outcome?

  :)  She also loves when I tell her to go to the big box hardware store and pick out paint, tile, etc. 

It's always good if you can establish credit in your business separate from your personal credit.Start by getting some Net-30 accounts, then move up to trade-lines at local builder's supply places and hardware stores.

Keep that score card in your wallet and have fun watching it grow.Charles

Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - they rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!

@Tim Herman That reserve idea you have is a wallet saver.

I've always loved Real Estate as my father was a General Contractor, owned a hardware store and sold his own houses.

He will likely try to deduct money for the time he has already put into your.The trigger for me would have been either the fact you found out no permits were pulled and the nail in his coffin was his statement :He reassures me, says he is a reputable company, and he himself has 7 kids, and he wouldn't do this to me and my family.The guy is straight up conning you......the only "back door" is straight into your wallet. 

Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - they rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!