GAREIA has a very active email group where members share resources such as contractors and locations to buy materials etc, and share advice.

I've been emailing an attorney that was referred to me by a reputable investor in my area and was wondering if $500 for up to 4 hours of work is too much to be paying for his legal services?

That is a troubling statement.

Click on the name of the person that you want notified via an email, that you responded to them.

Email me if you have any questions about the SA area, if you need a real estate agent i can assist with that also.

Here's what you have to show top people to win them over to your side and bring them on your team:A plan - It could be one page or it could be a full well-written 30 page business plan but have something that you can give them in writing outlining what you're going to do and how you plan on getting there.Show them the money - Give them your credit score, your financial statement and show them how you're planning on getting the money.

@Christopher GianninoYes shoot me an email or call.Paul

I guess you could turn this into a good deal, maybe looking at the financial statement and seeing if the numbers are inflated (which happens often), maybe you can bring in a tax partner who wouldn't mind taking a short term loss.There are ways to make it work but this is a hard one to turn around and the upside doesn't seem that high for the risk but let me know what you think?

If you need to have funds as reserves set aside let your attorney hold it and provide a statement to the lender.

Accounting 101 and 102 is generally required or helpful, but only to the extent of understanding the effects on assets, liabilities and reading financial statements in a management decision, but again you can catch on.How will it help in RE?