Finding how many lots can be divided into 10 acres if there's a road in the middle of it measuring X square feet..... all while mentally deciphering between 6 square miles and 6 miles square and other Trickery questions.

@Jonathan Polanski I'll say it one more time for good measure.

If it came down to the question of whether or not the wife is implicated even though she wasn't on the mortgage, I have seen it go both ways depending on the bank: Bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or Chapter 11)A four-year waiting period is required, measured from the discharge or dismissal date of the bankruptcy action.Exceptions for Extenuating CircumstancesA two-year waiting period is permitted if extenuating circumstances can be documented, and is measured from the discharge or dismissal date of the bankruptcy action.

There is only the measure of your intent.  

Interest rates can get tricky with the various methods of measurement and knowing how exactly they all differ.

That income/liability measurement is important on a permanent financing transaction but not on a Hard Money Loan.  

But does it really come down to extreme measures to find a mentor?

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I think it's a good policy, not because I'm a GC and think people should be forced to use me but because it provides a measure of protection to the end buyer of the home that the work was performed by a licensed and duly qualified person.

If I didn't have that I'd probably not measure risk at all and get my head taken off.