As I found out later, that couldn’t even come close to what was needed, and Chris knew it.The next two weeks consisted of frenetic work by the second contractor and his crew of three.

They have a brand they're trying to keep consistent over the entire portfolio.

Its pretty cheap for what if offers, you can also generate CMA reports on the go.

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project..Your title report should have alerted you to the issue.The payoff the escrow company got from the lender should have alerted you to the problem.Your interview of the seller before you bought the house, should have alerted you to the problem.You calculations on the numbers should have alerted you to the problem.Check, cross check and check again.

On Meetups, I wasn't getting enough people consistently to do it.

I got caught and lost my money and more and more people are also reporting similar circumstances. 

With rainy day funds included there are reports that CA had over $20B surplus. 

Start by reviewing the assessment report for errors, such as incorrect square footage or outdated property features.

Seller financed (probably) won't be reported to the credit bureaus and so won't impact your credit score at all.

So, the rulings aren't necessarily as consistent as you would hope. 2.