But I'm not familiar with a charitable remainder trust being set up with cash.  

Make sure that the squatter is not a related family party or trust.

Lessons learned is to ALWAYS have capital liquid for fixes and damages in the property and to always background check your tenant as a bank looks through your payment histories to give your the loan same with the tenants our current tenant has not missed a payment in 2.5 years, w/ a stable job and kids.

Additional costnot included will be the incurred costs of city inspections, permits andunforeseen code additions""Any change orders will be authorized before work is performedAdditional Bill for Permits, Engineering and Code supplement will bepayable upon approval and payment (documentation provided)."

The best consulting is useless if the intermediary can't be trusted. 

It's hard to hand off work or certain tasks because it's hard to trust others, but most times you can find help from people that are better than you and more efficient.

You can specify the coverage level for the dwelling, household furnishings, loss of use, liability, and medical payments to others.

We develop a relationship based on trust.

Down payment, hard money, dscr loans, helocs. 

I would have about $30k - $40k for a down payment, closing costs, and a few months of reserves.