Despite these, the successful sale at $280,000 highlighted the importance of strategic planning, effective project management, and strong partnerships in maximizing profitability.

I usually will say who referred me to them and say that they are a friend, neighbor, family, etc and will then ask what their lead times usually are for work to be completed, how they communicate, are they comfortable working with me being out of state, how do they collect payment (terms and preferred method) and do they offer a business rate?

Once i have my permanent financing completed, then I'll confirm that it's gone well =D  I lived in this market for 7 years while I did my schooling(undergraduate and graduate) and have family and friends  (as well as business partners) in the area. 

Hi Min, We see this scenario a lot for clients that are planning on retiring and looking to transition to another state. 

So, you need to be sure it makes sense as it does not always do so.Also, keep in mind, line of credit are for short term cash needs NOT long term for example a down payment on a property you plan on keeping for the long term.

This would be 2 days before he announced in his June 20th email (which I believe you have) that he was suspending payments to hundreds of investors because of financial problems.He did not disclose anywhere in the webinar (48 hours before the email) the difficulties that his business was experiencing which was laid out in the email 2 days later.

I guess my real goal is to retire from the insurance business and become a full time RE investor.

Despite these, the successful sale at $225,000 highlighted the importance of strategic planning, effective project management, and strong partnerships in maximizing profitability in real estate investments with Partner Driven.

We plan to hold our primary residence and rent it out.

You'd have to engage a grading contractor who might be able to give you a ballpark estimate, but it would maybe have to be engineered with rough and precise grading plans to determine costs.