Check out the Ultimate Beginners Guide to starthttp://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingand I am sure we can all use your expertise in the rehabbing forum!

I think it is a dilemma - so, he is a caught sex offender and therfore known - we know there are many many more who havent been caught so you are ahead of the game - I believe in giving second chances but - it costs, and sometimes those costs are not worth it.do the numbers and this deal may not be worth it - reputation risk is real and very hard to quantify. also go thru the scenarios of the worst happening and figure out what you would need to do in each case - what it would cost personally and financially/find out what kind of insurance would cost to cover any eventuality - wherever he goes, if you believe he cannot be reformed there is risk, if you believe something will happen then you are really only concerned about where it will happen - on your property - so mainly you are concerned about getting rid of that risk for you. that is why you need to do your cost analysis, it is nothing about morals or anything else fuzzy - it is your financial risk.

Also if the loan gets called, you to have a reasonable way of solving the problem.

Being married, I'm sure you see the dilemma their..

I have ZERO, ZIP, NADA expertise in real estate besides buying my primary residence 10 years ago.

Here is my dilemma, It is a very small town. 300-500 people.

We are having a very technical and difficult problem to solve involving workman's compensation for independent and sub-contractors.First of all we have a staff of about 15 people and pay workman's compensation for all of our staff including our maintenance and construction staff.We also have a lot of vendors, some of these vendors are independent or sub contractors or 1-man shows.

You never know.If they really dont want to handle the situation, a better price should be had for solving their problems.

Likewise people with some money but not enough time or expertise need experienced sponsors to invest with.

You are helping solve her problem for one property... could you help solve her problem on all the properties?