Is there an investment group we can join to pool money and work on properties together?

It's usually after he's done a couple of projects with that client and realized he could've made more money going fishing!! 

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Should I feel bad if the lender spends the money on the title search and I don't use them?

If you proceed with optional Repairs/upgrades you will likely bust budget (hopefully not as bad as we did), but should have years of trouble free service.  

I am fortunate to be surrounded by knowledgeable brokers, agents and hard money lenders but feel I need a solid plan in place before I attempt to tap the resources around me. 

They also do hosted websites for a little bit more money if you don't want to muck around with Wordpress.OwnerRez also syncs calendars across all channels. 

Yes it Will take some money but it doesn't all have to be your money.

I really wish I looked into him more before spending this kind of money.

With your permission, please allow me to go first.There was a time when I believed that if you didn't come from money, you couldn't get anywhere.