That deal was my first exposure to wholesaling because the guy we sold it to flipped his contract to another investor-buyer and made a $60k assignment probably with one phone call! 

It would be one thing if we had a $1,000 flower garden underneath the wall, or some exorbitant risk exposure (i.e. falling into the kids sandbox while kids play) but neither looks to be the case here.If he's concerned about cosmetics tell him to plant some pretty flowers ;) In terms of contractors though, you can call someone who does foundations, or a landscape contractor who does retaining walls.

So they wouldn't really have any exposure at that point. 

(*Note: we waver on the slightly neurotic side when it comes to environmental health - I'm sure most people would be totally fine living in this county, plus our soil tests showed totally normal levels of heavy metal exposure.  

I listened in on a webinar on raising money in a changing market from another site earlier this week where a team of savvy investors went out of their way to teach us listeners how to get other investors to trust us with their cash (aka "use private money") in these unstable times where traditional lenders limit their exposure by tightening their lending rules so we can continue with our business.

Maybe the lender doesn’t want the exposure? 

Geographic areas without high exposure begin working again. 

When the tax system rewards a responsible level of debt, it makes sense to reduce your exposure.

They can't take someone's word over the police and evict the person that opens them up to undue risk/exposure.

Typically you enter the industry because family or friends were developers and that's how you gain exposure.