Holes are never good in tension in porous material like brick or concrete and propagate cracks, so fill them with a bonding filler.

Unless all of the members manage or material participate, you are selling a security.

That's about it as to data.The other aspect is the grapevine, simply staying abreast of how the market is moving, what concessions are common, types of financing with contract to close times will tell you is a good indication of the movement in the market and how busy the related players are, lenders, appraisers, inspectors, surveyors, title plants and settlement agents.Construction knowledge, meaning costs for repairs, know what the trades are getting or what you labor costs might be, know costs of materials, generally and the time required for repairs.

That means the note holder can pay real estate taxes, fix a leaky roof and pay for materials, etc.

I would like to use these to fund some of our materials purchases for rehabs or new construction. 7% isn't a huge discount though.

Materials and labor on a full gut has been running me around 50-60K.

I rarely use with my marketing materials (mostly do bandit signs) but I do have it plastered on craigslist.

The logic is that as a lawyer his materials are more likely to be clear about the legal principals.

The National Endowment for Financial Education (www.nefe.org) is a nonprofit organization that provides free personal finance information and materials.

However, due to the nature of the materials, you are probably going to have to hand nail it to the strips.