Even on referrals a lot of contractors are hesitant to run around for investors new to an area until they trust that they will actually get work out of it.  

Since you missed the 2 out of 5 rule, capital gains taxes might take a chunk of your profits, so consulting a CPA would be smart to understand how much you’d actually keep.

Such actions are wholly unacceptable and should not be tolerated within any professional environment.The discrepancies between the program's marketing claims and the actual conduct of its top students, as exemplified by Kristin Witherspoon, are deeply troubling.

I always get a kick out of people who say they would never do this or that and when you start quizzing them, they've actually never done anything. 

Because counties usually set the fair market value of properties  about 15% below the actual sales value.  

Most will work hard when they are doing the capital call (a few of my deals did that) but some actually called to discuss the situation.

The bank will make you leave 25% equity in the property - but you also still want the property to at least cash flow some - so be careful how much equity you pull out / new debt you take on.I would do a cost benefit analysis of what your actual gain is in cash-flow on buying a new property with a (currently) higher interest rate (if financing), versus just holding on to the current appreciated property and enjoying that cash flow.All the best!

I’m going with him he has been doing this for many many years and trained some of these that are now mostly selling their courses versus actually doing deals. 

Clearly I can’t sue someone that’s actually ill, I was questioning, but feel bad about that now.

Saul, Phoenix and Vegas are popular markets, but I’m not sure they’ll actually cash flow well with today’s prices and interest rates.