The suggested ethics of getting yourself into due diligence to then try and flip the note to another note buyer will quickly destroy your reputation in addition to it's own mile high barrier for execution in a general sense.  

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.

We don't furnish with the most expensive fixtures, but we do choose things like metal faucets over plastic with the hope that it will last a long time.  

As a property manager, I hate to think that this is what it has come to, but property management as an industry has an earned reputation.  

Developer's experience and reputation. 4.

Horizontal blinds...unless you are covering a very large picture window or a sliding glass door; then you would likely use a vertical blind system.We buy the cheapo plastic Lowes blinds and add curtain rods to make certain we don't have tenants standing on wobbly chairs nailing rods into the walls down the road.If we decide to also add curtains (often) I'll buy them either on ebay or the sheers from my Dollar General ($5 a panel).Gail

I want to build a reputable brand merging all levels of the profession from Home Improvements and Design to Sales, Property Management.

You'll establish and keep a good reputation that way.Hope that helps!

Except in CA I have never heard of any reputable builder keeping anyone's earnest money.So to recap:  I invested $10K with a risk of losing a maximum of $3K and unlimited upside potential. 

It is a business networking site  there are some general contractors there that should be reputable.