My preferred method it a nice picture that is screwed down like they do in restaurants so no one will steal it.

Or perhaps someone can come up with another method in using these funds creatively in REI...??

You are going to hit a wall before too long and won’t be able to invest using your method...Happy Investing...Michael Quarles

Then I write on the receipt and note in my books who I took out to eat and why.This is exactly the formula and method I use to do mine.

if they were busy then, they must be out straight right now.has the market produced any new methods for dealing with all this?

What methods of paying contractors do the rest of you use?

You will no doubt be ready for the next (similar) opportunity, prepared with the right documentation and methods of working this type deal.

Freelancer.com or a similar website where you can post what you want done would be good for finding somebody to do this.The best method to get a good person to do this is to create a screen capture video where you record the screens and your voice as you walk through the county website and say which fields of information you need pulled into a spreadsheet/database.Not a simple process, but a big benefit is that I doubt others are doing this and that means little competition for you.

If so, doesn't this contradict the straight line method?

The product (providing affordable housing in the form of a mobile home) is not illegal in itself but the method of delivering this product (owner-financing the mobile home) is in question.