People pose as lenders and then get you to send them money upfront either as a "due diligence cost" or "commitment fee" and then fail to fund your loan.

I have hit 6 figures of income from poker playing over the last couple of years but that has slowed down with current poker legislation affecting online play and time commitments at the hospital.

In 30 years it's 120 years old... heck, it was already 90 years old and going strong, what's another 30 years!

I will probably check out both eventually but wondered if there strong opinions one way or the other.ThanksTroy Woodbury

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People not strongly in control of the deal that are really contributing mostly just capital also would like to just fund the account as capital is needed in draws too.

What I started to do was to contact (as Lonnie STRONGLY suggests) Park Managers (around Pittsburgh it's mostly owners).

Will keep all of the advice in mind.Thank you..If he's doing them sequentially, why are you committing to giving him all 5?

In the process now of building a strong network in assisting me with this goal of acquiring commercial properties.

Foreclosures are also very high in these areas, so your comps get strongly colored, if not defined, by REO sales, so it's hard to get an appraisal that will support your targeted exit price.