I'm an out of state investor and this is critical.

But I am wondering if pictures are even critical in my market as it is really hot. 

What are the most critical questions to ask a new contractor when you are going through the vetting process?

That is where a great REI lender is going to critical to your success.

However one comment I never understand is when people criticize wholesalers who over estimate ARV and under estimate repairs.

That is critical information in crunching the numbers and properly analyzing the deal. 

It's critical to success in this business.

have you run a pro forma and critical path on the deal to determine the financial performance and time required to put the project together?

At this time I found out that he had 6 other properties out on the market that were just sitting there and he didn't have any other exit strategies.Now I have already felt the sting of my mistakes, and there is no need to shoot a wounded man, so I am not so much looking for criticism for investing with him, rather, I would like to know what you would do if you were in my situation and you had just heard that you would not be getting all of your investor monies back and that he didn't have any other strategy besides waiting for them to sell.Thanks for your comments.

Many newbie investors have not developed good critical thinking skills or strong "BS detectors" to discern the talkers from the doers.