You shake your head and grit your teeth but at the end of the day it's just a cost of doing business.

Put together some sample deals, a prospectus, and start shaking hands until you find some cash.

You can phone and email contacts to get things done, but its obviously much harder to hop a domestic flight to pay a visit and shake hands, walk a property, sign closing documents, etc. 

I am trying to step out on faith even while my knees are shaking at what could be behind those vacant doors.I went on a little rant, sorry about that....Good Luck and do your due diligence Kyle

When I say I often use hard money they might say something like"I use my own so I can pay more" I shake my head and see someone who is trying to work themselves to financial freedom. 

Roofing can also be an expensive nightmare...we often find 3-4 layers of cedar shakes then a couple of layers of roofing tile on sagging pine planks 1-2 inches apart.

I'm waiting and letting things shake out in this market. 

I understand the market is hot (some would say stupid-hot) but I can't shake the feeling I'm missing something. 

After her aggravation with the way they did business, which mostly revolved around not showing up when they said they would be there, she tried to shake them down for 50% off the job, which anyone in business would tell you is far beyond anything close to reasonable.3.

The one thing that worries me is that house is shake on shake, no plywood sheathing etc. same for the roof.