Explain that you are having the work done, and that a contractor has been hired and on site doing work, but that schedule slippages occur (due to whatever reasons you encountered - weather, materials shortage, illness, etc).

It has never occured to them that anything you can buy with cash, you can also buy it with income.

I'm very familiar, have helped design and build carbon fiber plastics on some this worlds best aircraft like the B-2, F-35, Boeing Dreamliner (structure, not battery lol)....It is amazing what happens in the tech world by accident.

In our "house rules" we clearly outline when the Tenant will be responsible for the cost of the service and when the bill goes to us {our providers also know this} ... but we stress, if they are in-doubt and the matter is urgent (i.e. poses a safety or health risk to them or other Tenants in the building or if damage to the property is occurring) to err on the side of precaution and call us.

Welcome to landlording.....not my tenant by the way....we turned it around as a contractor and then rented it for the owner who was about to lose it to foreclosure.While we are talking about fire losses & damage - READ your insurance policies FULLY BEFORE any loss occurs.

I to, quite by accident, have began a relationship with a very successful full time wholesaler.

That is where real estate is different and it occurred to me that I can create wealth while using other people's money and working as hard or as little as I want.

Fly By the Seat of My Pantsnice... kinda funny thot occurred... i wonder how many have your list reversed getting into REI!

It basically allows you to take deductions in the year the losses occur and the ability to deduct passive losses against your ordinary income.

The Second Loan should go cure the defect of Lis Pendis if indeed it did not occur, but that is also a pretty novice mistake.