To summarize, I am fully equipped, licensed, and knowledgeable to handle all aspects of the actual repair, however my ignorance lies within the funding (hard money) and the business aspects of home flipping. 

We always tell people the rules, and that the more trash they pick up the closer they are coming to providing services.

the answer is because this is what professionals do and it's the price of admission to really establish your real estate business properly from the outset.Having a lien, loan, etc. on the property does not indicate personal liability exposure to real property because being the borrower on a loan does not equate to holding legal title on the underlying property. 

Not to be rude, but it's my experience, that if people dont absolutely love building they won't be good tradesmen.If its learning flipping as a whole, I'd start with J.

For such a busy and successful guy Peter is very accessible and approachable.

Louis MSA (Metro Statistical Area) spans 2 states, 15 counties, and nearly 9,000 sq miles making it the 21st largest MSA in the United States, home to 2.9 million people.

I want accounting, maintenance tracking and anything else that helps me manage the flow of my business. 

I work a lot in this space, and I've seen too many people get burned relying on someone else's numbers. 

If you want specific advice, things that would be important would be some background on the sponsor (years in business, portfolio size, you don't have to name names), where the property is (city), what it was bought for and when, how much was the loan and when does the loan mature, how much equity was raised, was there any preferred equity or multiple share classes, what is the occupancy, is the sponsor responsive to your communications and providing reports, and so on.

That should give people incentive to take a good care of appliances.4.