I have been attending REIA meetings in my area and "yes" ran into a couple of sharks who tried to sell me a $997 hold my hand and walk me through each deal and take 50% of each deal for three deals.I thank you so much for all of the information I have found here for free!

The first thing I would do is take a razor blade and clean up the glass and make all those lines straight and scrape the loose paint and repaint. 

I know in Oregon loans under 50k are subject to a low interest rate ( anti loan sharking rules)Do you run into usury issues with unsecured notes ? 

Beware of note gurus, sharks are thick in these waters!

It like a reverse mortgage and putting all the money into the lottery or slots.  

I sometimes compare property acquisition to navigating in shark infested waters, you need a reliable trusted navigator avoid being eaten so is the role of realtor engage one engage one engage one to help you protect your hard earned money. (6)DIVORCE EMOTIONS:- When buying real estate , it is very important that we divorce our emotions from the purchase, we should be as logical as possible, do not allow yourself to be swayed by salesmen’s gimmicks , stick to your standards and budget and it shall turn out well. (7)PHYSICAL INSPECTION: - The saying ‘seeing is believing ‘is never more apt than in real estate transactions.

I'm kind of after some specific advice, though.Because of Biggerpockets' extensive sign-in survey, I really expected that I'd be slotted into an Arizona (or even Pima County) RE forum. 

Bill likes to imply that most hard money lenders are mob-based loan sharks and do business with baseball bats, but that is simply not true.

I actually have done this before, kind of like loan sharking.

If you have wood frame windows, generally you can easily clean the dry latex from the glass with a 3" razor knife or just a 'raw' utility blade held at 15 degrees or so from the glass.I recently switched from the Titan gun to a Graco and it seems to work a little better.