Just severe mismanagement of funding and critical infrastructure.

I appreciate your reply and your ability to accept constructive criticism/"tough love". 

If you are a jerk, stupid, critical, or a lawyer, expect the cost to go up 10-15% just for the hassle of dealing with you. 

Most that are critical are speaking of the poor business operation or outdated model, not some article. 

Know how to take constructive criticism.

The plumber's work/involvement is minimal here, so I prefer to not pay them a mint to make a few connections when in reality the most critical part of the job involves excavation.  

Desirability - depending on your strategy, finding a location in which your guests or tenants will find desirable is critical to limit vacancy and maximize revenue.2.

So there really isn't a long term affect to getting an inquiry on your credit.IF you are in critical need of a particular score, there are companies out there that can 'juice' your score through both normal and 'artificial' means.  

The document simply put, says that (if you sign it and if you want them to consider refunding your money you must sign it) you may not disparage or criticize them, their program, their employees, agents etc.. or otherwise say or do anything that could disrupt their business.

If it takes you 4 months to do the work instead of 4 weeks, that is $5700 that you could have paid to a contractor to get it done in 4 weeks, get it on the market and not miss the summer market.And if you make lots of mistakes, like most new investors do (not a criticism, you just don't know what you don't know yet) it will take longer than you thinkLet's say you close by mid-May, finish rehab by July 1, you now have the summer to sell it.