Often they will not take anything up front.....they will expect a payment of some sort as work moves along though, not because they need the money, but just to make sure that you are a 'Good Customer'.Don't worry about the dreaded Mechanic's Lien too much, it can be removed by a lawsuit....but you hope of course that it will never go that far.....

One successful lawsuit where the payout is greater than the policy limits of your insurance or if it is a type of claim not covered by your insurance, you could lose everything.

They will cover the cost of property repair, but not the wrongful death lawsuit. 

The advantage of using the safe harbor Reg D is that it won’t be challenged by the SEC, and you have an affirmative defense in case of an investor lawsuit, which would be unlikely absence fraud.

That has been a debacle, and I agree that there is probably a lawsuit in there somewhere, whether against Starcity (now Common) for misrepresentations to Equity Multiple or against Equity Multiple for its breach of fiduciary duty. 

I'm looking for that "right deal" now :)@Grant Rothenburger I am interested in buy and hold for cash flow, and possibly house hacking (to reduce my living expenses), with the idea that I'd convert a garage into a mom-in-law suite. 

I just read a Florida foreclosure appeal decision I thought was pretty interesting.  It seems MST brought a foreclosure action on its first lien mortgage and obtained a $183k final judgment.  It must have been a fairl...

I'm looking for a lawyer to advise me on how to protect my assets in case of a lawsuit...

I don't want to get someone angry and end up with a lawsuit; but on the other hand I really want to start mining for deals in SC.

It was a foreclosure (basically one of the last to clear before the pandemic) and I was very excited that it had an awesome mother-in-law suite in the back yard that included a kitchen and bathroom.