Nevertheless, both scenarios require your attention and defending against those claims could very well cost more than $2K.One of, if not the leading cause for dispute between contractor and client is poor communication.

I want to start a nonprofit eventually to help the poor in the USA & other countries, and I'm considering using my own money or receiving government funds instead of relying on donations from people unless they're just rich ****s.

'Your best bet is to wholesale for now- you find a super good deal (how are the yellow letters coming?)  

@Abigail KingRobert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and Gary Keller's "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" provide advice on building wealth through real estate.

The real question is if she reads rich dad / poor dad 4 quadrants of cashflow. 

I'm getting to a point where I might want to pursue a lender for future investments but am trying to understand how these lenders choose people to work with.These types of lenders are called "Hard Money" because they are not betting on the borrower. 

I bet short term rentals can work right in your own backyard!

Signs of this are poor lease quality, maybe M2M tenants, high expenses (unnecessary things like high trash bills, internet, cleaning, security).

I got interested in real estate after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad and it blew my brain and completely changed my perspective on money and my possibilities.

It is a tough buy and hole RE market everywhere but markets like San Francisco are particularly challenging in the short term due to the poor cash flow (negative cash flow).