Cash to invest (enough for deposits, skin in the game lenders want you to have, closing costs, carrying costs, and to kick off rehab work).2.) 

Account ClosedLet me ask you a question: Is it fair to me or to the readers to take my words out of context by omitting to quote part of the paragraph that I wrote?

I live fairly close.

But they are fairly deep scratches.

Even if it's 10 years old or more, the potential for shifting is still there and you may have been structurally compromised for years and just not known. 3/4 inch displacement is fairly significant (IMO) for a slab foundation. 3.

If you are in this business long enough you will undoubtedly arrive at situations where taking the small loss even if not fair or warranted based on the circumstances is best if it keeps everything moving and avoids more costly delays, liability and inconveniences.In this case, if you withhold the $2K, you still have to find someone to complete the work to your satisfaction.

We did not continue to cancel our bookings after that - I decided that it was worth the risk since we did what was asked of us and wouldn't be fair for us to have to wait for him to have time to come back. 

They were getting a fair amount of leads but most of them honestly were either duds or low end properties. 

Hi Levi,The first question is if this is currently on a short-term loan as the 3,500 over 4 months is fairly significant and you may want to look at refinancing sooner. 

Alternatively i could go for being a real estate broker and try to get experience in actual real estate without putting too much of my own skin in the game.