I've bought a handful of wholesale guides and courses and none of them talk about it (Bill Bronchick's does but there's still not enough info on it for my taste) So we go out there and do what these courses are telling us to do and get laughed at and generate a bad reputation.

It is critical for a hard money lender to be pretty well capitalized because they aren't going to have much of a reputation if they aren't always capable of making loans.

E)Use wholesalers, since, unlike realtors, their reputations and livelyhoods depend on maximizing cash investor profits.

I was just reading a post that talked about how great the Norris Group is, unfortunately I don't know of anyone with a reputation like that here in Florida.

We will be forming an LLC if that will make any difference in the location selection.On a side-note: I personally know a reputable GC an a real estate agent in the Daytona, FL area.

I guess replacing the tub would be more like "plastic surgery" to play with the analogy a bit :)

The risk is low however the town is small (county population under 45,000 and town population less than 12,000) and I don't want to gain a reputation for signing on to a new brokerage failure and look like a complete idiot.

Interest: wholesaling, lease-option, rehabbing, foreclosuresNeed: Good buying agent, attorney, good reputable contractors.I must say BP has already provided me a great deal of knowledge and been a big confirmation for several things or question that I still had pondering.

Jerry Puckett, Instead of directing your anger at me, why not direct it at the poser wholesalers who give the whole crew a bad reputation?

Can anyone in Colorado/Denver area recommend some good/reputable schools?