he should never be asking for money up front to start a job, if he reputable. 

The realtor doesn’t want to hurt his reputation.

That does vary by manufacturer, but that is typical for reputable solar.3) Because of the lifespan there are simply not enough degraded panels to make recycling economical.

Here in this community as well as moving forward, your reputation precedes it is a small world so you must be mindful and intentional with your words and actions.

The current management we are trying is Performance Asset Management (PAM) which has a fairly decent reputation here on BP which is why we're giving them this try.  

I know some of those guys and this post is not for you.This post IS for all those newbie wholesalers who just can't seem to understand why what you do has a bad reputation and why so many people laugh at you, hang up on you, curse you out or otherwise absolutely will not deal with you.  

I work with reputable contractors with lots of experience, I trust them, and they stand by their work (at least for the first year), but I do not have enough construction experience to know if something hasn't been done the right way.I've been doing each property in its own LLC and then shutting each down after the sale.

I outgrew them eventually and now I use a broker that is licensed in all 50 states.Like USAA, Amica also has a great reputation.

Once you have the estimate take it to a reputable hard money lender. if its deal, they will let you know and what the costs will be.

There are a lot of good reputable turnkey providers out there that have properties available in better cashflow markets in Chicago.