Hi @Allen Denham , if you can get past pinching pennies and pay full retail to get it done correctly, I recommend using a highly-rated company from Angie's list, Yelp, or super-solid BBB rating.

@Ryan Watson - I also recommend reading the book Tax-Free Wealth because the author (a CPA) advises against using a self-directed IRA for real estate investing.

All too often some person using a lockbox will forget to lock up (whether it was a contractor or agent or owner or whoever).

I am looking at using a hard money lender to fund a potential real estate deal. 

We were using a third party ad network to deliver ads on our remnant inventory and I had completely forgotten about them.  

HI Damien,I have considered using a HELOC for short-term expenditures such as fixing up a rental property, but I'm not sure it's a good choice for a long term buy & hold. 

You didn't get much response here,  consider contacting John Hyre, http://realestatetaxlaw.com/I have been using his Quickbooks overlay for years, and was using a local accountant. 

Are you using a GA LLC?

I called the bank first and they assured me this was an unnecessary step (using a title company...).  

For a six month loan (usually cannot refi for six to 12 months using a new appraisal) points and interest would be about $8K.