Building a reliable network of contractors is one of my main goals for this year to help me scale up moving forward.

They will do a Good title search that no liens or mortgage issues with the firemineral rights transfer, easements, a survey, type things need to be clear.glad you escaped the fire with your health is main thing

So I think JLL is the main brokerage I should be hoping to work for, but I'm not sure how long JLL will be in this seat with VA. 

Originally posted by @Bartosz Rosol:I attended one of Rich Dad's free seminars a couple years ago, here's what I experienced.The event started out with the main speaker sharing his success stories in RE, and ended with him trying to get us to sign up for the classes.

This is one of the main reasons that HUD deals fail to close.  

Here is their webpage:  https://www.titanbank.com/about-us As for Solera, yes, the main reason I chose Titan Bank over them is because Solera's webpage didn't have a professional enough look and feel to it compared to Titan Bank. 

If you look at what they have avaliiable on the website its mainly desert lots.

Most lenders are going to want to see a few big things from the ownership group. 1) The borrower will be the enitity (LLC, S-Corp, etc) and any owner with usually 20% or more of ownership in the entity will be expected to guaranty the loan, 2) We'll want to see some experience doing similar projects from at least one of the main owners, 3) We'll want to see bank statements showing liquidity enough to cover the intial cash injection (down payment), the closing cost, and some cash in reserve.

Mainly cash position versus debt.  

If you are NOT running a trade or business - 1099s are not required.The main reason why you WANT to be "running a rental trade or business" is your eligibility to claim business overhead deductions, such as marketing, education, technology, and so on.