If you apply yourself to educating yourself and asking the questions and listening   Then it will work. And

On ours we did the cornice work and stock Home Depot gables.

I know, I know that seems like allot to ask for but I find myself after hard work and a little bit of luck I am at a place in my life where I can say I have accomplished that.

What kills the deal, just fact that it's 100 years old, and needs a lot of work? And

Why deal with it twice, do it right now.Sometimes there are reasonable short cuts, but this is not one of those cases.

That experience of having to balance work and school helped shape me into a frugal person and understand the value of the dollar.

I am pretty good at managing time though , time to work and time to play!

So, go talk to the developer, tell him you admire his work, and ask if you can look at his project.  

Recently came into 8,000 and looking to invest in real estate along with hard work and sweat equity.

If a borrower wants us to go over our time cap (be it 5 minutes or 45), we need that good faith paperwork deposit to show they are invested in the process too and not just wasting our time.In terms of the credit inquiry thing, I pull my own credit every 3 months at work and my FICO is still over 800.