Quote from @Charles Carillo: @Yusef PresleyI would avoid paying contractors hourly and make sure there is a construction draw schedule in the contract that clearly outlines when funds will be dispersed to the contractor throughout the project instead of one lump sum payment.

Charles' sessions are great and really in depth.

thanks a lot for the information @Charles Carillo

Quote from @Charles Carillo: @Anne ChristensenA couple of years back, my wife and I set up a very in-depth asset protection plan.

Quote from @Charles Carillo: @Maria Rina BoidonI personally would probably keep a cash-flowing and not management-intensive property.

I invest in PG County as well as Charles County.  

@Charles Carillo has a great suggestion to first ask the tenant.

Quote from @Charles Perkins: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: depends on the quality of the assets and the reliability of consistent rental income.this is an age old argument and really a personal choice at the end of the day.

Quote from @Charles Mark Pettus: Well my dad / PB got scammed as well and we didn't find out until today when I started doing some research on the properties because something just appeared to be odd about a couple of them.

@Charles P. typically, we give a seller two options:1) They can fix2) We get a bid and ask for 150% of it, to cover unforseen surprises.