So a bag full of REI tricks is the way to survive long term.  

He's great at dad-joke competitions, ping pong, and bean bags (or corn hole as some may call it).

If we can't get the property for 6 months, we just want to bag the whole thing.The concern about the property is that half of the aluminum siding has been stripped.

Homemade candy, banana bread, and pumpkin bread go to the following:Tenants, Realtor, local bank where all the tellers and most of the office staff knows me, post office, mail men, UPS and FedEx drivers, cleaning lady and her son that do make readies, I will probably take some smaller candy bags to key people a Lowes that I deal with a lot. 

Private  lenders, are non-professional lenders ( your uncle, colleague, uncle money bags down the street)   They're just ordinary  people who want in on the real estate action but don't have the time to find and manage deals.

Piggby bagging what Chris said..

That's a mixed bag and nobody can predict the answer.

I bought a old (1986 G20) construction cargo van for 1600 and then paid my mechanic 700 to do some maintenance and updating (steering linkage, tune-up, air bags on rear).

GL will try and find any loophole they can to not actually pay out on a claim (e.g. owner's negligence); leaving you holding the bag.

So after calling 15+ contractors, over half not showing up to even give me a quote, the half that did show up only 2 gave me quotes, the one I hired ended up being a **** bag and I let him go.I got so sick of trying to throw my money at someone to do this that I spent $700, bought all the tools I needed, and did the work myself.