My short term goal is to pay off our credit card and car loan balance and begin to save up enough capital for a down payment on a rental property.  

Allow me to explain; if you paid the individual with a check, credit card or money order (as long as you kept the tracking portion) you are in control.

@Ivan Mares,We fund most of our renovations  through credit cards, and then quickly refinance them with an equity loan... my credit went from an 806, to I have seen it go as low as 574, (all b/c funding renovations)... the secret to doing it is make sure you have a few dummy credit cards you never touch, so that way your credit limit ratio is low.  

Had he gotten a post card or a letter he would most certainly have taken them up on it.

Hey, guys quick question about putting biz cards on peoples windows.  

Aside from handling confidence information, there are tasks that can have larger consequences such as purchase travel tickets (credit card info in their hands, costly if made mistake).

Hi,I'll give you my spin....I have bought and sold 10 single family houses, and when I had good credit, I pretty much got in for "Nothing Down" which is to say, I borrowed most of the down payment from other sources, ie, credit cards cash advances, short term loans from friends, refinanced my car to get cash, etc.That is just one strategy...does not work for everybody.

With the fake "hand scraped" finish it's really hard to find the blemishes.  

We tried it but the adoption by our tenants wasn't good - they didn't understand, didn't want to give (or didn't have) a credit card number, etc. 

I used a business LOC and a HELOC and some credit cards to fund my purchase and rehab.