However, this time I instructed my employee to ask the plumber to do a video scope and detail where the breaks were in the sewer line and mark them on the surface of the lawn. 

On the surface it is fully renovated, occupied lessee, neighborhood is not good, but not the worst, great positive cash flow, asking price is around 40% of market value (I'm figuring 90k).

Glad my E book on out of state investing what to do and not do to save your skin  worked good for you LOL...yes fake lenders is worse than fake news.. there is no lender that gives below market rate loans.. and these guys troll social media and BP is a major target being one of the biggest in the world.how about the property investing forum in AU do you get hit there as well. ?

I have no skin in the game.

I would go to HD or Lowes get some concrete and smooth the surface. 

I've still only brushed the surface and have a ton to learn but for me personally... that was the first real "hump" to overcome. 

It's all math.Even with hard money, though, you need to have some "skin in the game".

Use hard surfaces like hardwoods, tiles and vinyl.

Plus you need your partners to have skin in the game. 

@Kevin Romines Scalability, sharing the wealth, and timing.Mainly on the scalability is that the traditional loans done 100% fund properties because you have to have skin in the game, and there is only so much collateral I can bring to the table before it is fully leveraged and I can no longer get traditional loans.