So the seller stopped paying the taxes and the property went to tax sale, where nobody would bid on the property except one person who bid the minimum bid. 

I think the mindset is that the worst they do is call you and ask you to stop.

The concrete is leaning towards the house and the garage drain that the washer drains into may be putting water under the garage floor (4 inch drop along a crack by drain), so will probably have to borrow for that work anyway.  

I started mine in 92 with my banker and talked him into a 100k line of credit to by timber.. that morphed to multi millions and now I will borrow 7 to 10 million a year from them for new construction and on buy and hold if I ever chose to do that which I don't..

Meet people face to face for sure.If you see a house being flipped, stop Car and meet the contractor!

@Collin S.Either have the guests clean up after themselves, or hire a cleaning company that will stop in take care of bedding and towels and such.How close do you live near the property?

Knowing everyone is busy and not wanting to waste anyones time, how do YOU deal with securing access to the property so you don't have to ask the owner to stop by each time your contractors need in to do the walkthrough and write up a quote?

Stop giving them choices and tell them how it is going to be.

This was the last step I stopped at.These are the questions I have and hopefully they can be answered:1.

This is a question to all of the hard money lenders :If a Borrowers comes to you seeking a loan for a fix and flip,and requesting high leverage (85% purchase, 100% rehab),obviously you would need to vet Borrower's Experience.What if the Borrower's Experience was being a General Contractor on their Past projects ?