In many cases, someone had a specific personal question or wanted to trade emails, but not publically or requested a file to be sent to them and now we have to request to become collegues, wait for the acceptance and then PM.I understand your intention is to protect BP members from receiving unwanted PM messages and or spam via PM, but in my humble opinion, if that was happening (not sure it was), having the ability to "warn" the unsolicited PM'er or send a complaint to a moderator should suffice and prevent spamming, etc.Hope you go back to the prior as it was a great resource to many of us.I'm sure if a poll was taken, the vast majority would want the ability to send a PM to another from the threads only, not necessarily from a profile page.

Then, you can be semi-retired and enjoy the vast majority of your life!

In the vast majority of instances, in cases like this, the appraiser will say the value is closer to the purchase price than the real value.

So, from a practical (not legal) standpoint, it really doesn't matter where the security deposits are because in the vast majority of cases I'M KEEPING THEM!

Robert Allen is the guru of the "no money down" techniques, and he has written a book on this topic; I would check at your local free library to see if they have it just to get ideas.

I have atended both meetup groups , the one on West Sylvania by the library the first Tuesday of the month , and the one across from Toledo Clinic on Secor

I'm not a lender, I'm what the vast majority of you should be working with, I'm a Mortgage Broker.  ...."

Since crowdfunding is  relatively new, the vast majority have not exited yet.   

The internet and the vast amount of property management companies that exist today make it a much easier venture.

I have a library with more recommendations.