I’m going to assume 300k isn’t like all your portfolio money and you’ve got some in stocks and bonds etc elsewhere.

You could also go to the towns building department and ask for a list of plumbers who have bonds on file with the town.

Does anyone have any contractors (only licensed, insured, and bonded, please) that you would recommend who has done great work for you?

Right now, there are Treasuries that are yielding 4.7% and AAA corporate bonds at 5% where there is no work, and the risk is either zero or extremely low. 

It is like a bond-style evaluation.

The seller then takes the $60,000 profit and invests in 4 percent short term yield bonds for a paltry $2400 annual profit instead of the $30k annual dividend by holding the asset.

@Scott JohnsonI don’t bother with it in formulas honestly -I would look at an investment compared to risk free rate of return (govt bonds / cd’s)Let’s say they are at 5.5% and an investment is at 8%.Then take the risk free rate 5% * (1- tax rate on investment) and do the same for the investmentFor example we have a fund that issues a 1099 div and say you are in 15% bracket and you get 8%.The net return is 6.8%In a cd that could be 5.5 * (1-.24) = 4.18 % and Let’s say you do private lending deal at 9% 9*.76 = 6.8

What does everyone think about Bond Hill?

I have a lengthy Legal Opinion, from my seasoned Legal Team regarding this matter.

One of the issues I have had with colleague requests is that people genuinely reach out and type something lengthy in the box and I can't see all of it.