Granted it is really stupid to not do a full background on anyone you are going to hand the keys to, but I don't have to do that on every applicant.

Post on BP for meet ups in the area, etc.On BP you will find people from all different backgrounds, working in every niche of the market.

While technically true that the GC wouldn't need workman comp (with less than 3 employes) you would be covered IF all the subs have workman comp, you'll never if he lets some individual guy on the job that doesn't have it, even unknowingly.

Welcome to BP, Tom,You have a great background, and it's nice to have more MA people on BP, especially with your experience.

Someone loses to some extent, while the loss may be acceptable, technically, any time there is a straw-man, some facilitator, neither party on the other sides wins as much as they could have.

I have absolutely no background in real estate investing, however I am not going to let that stop me.

Now isn't this technically daycare with the same liabilities?

I signed up and was able to run a background/credit without any inspections (Applicant paid)

Something to consider, however is that 1) We have about 350 units in about 13 different properties (so a medium sized business) and 2) My background is a computer programmer/database developer for 18 years, so I have higher expectations than most in any given software.That being said, here is my list:1) Their reporting is very weak.

We probably still won't do it for a while though.I will say we do have 1 property an hour an a half away from where my Father lives, BUT my brother and I both spent years there each (it's where we went to college), so even though technically it's not "local" it feels like it is since we know the area so well.