Question, I seemed to indicate to the couple that things were a go but my instinct said run a background check on the party that is not working.

If you already know that you as a borrower are approved, and you know HOW the lender approves a property, you can go under contract with a fair amount of confidence that it will be financed.HML typically look at the following for borrower: Credit, Assets, Experience, it is not uncommon for a criminal background check as well.

You will profit "less" than hiring your own subs or doing your own work, but the offset is time, and if your time is better spent landing deals, you don't want to be setting toilets or painting trim.With that said I do mine different.

@Lisa I would then hire an employee, pay taxes, workers Comp, background check etc... if not that, look for a handyman guy from Craigslist and hope that he is not a drunk or wacko!

A little background on my current situation.

I'm still in the learning phase and my approach has been to hear out the opinions and strategies of a lot of different people who came from different areas/backgrounds -- no matter how much I REALLY like/admire somebody, I never want to start drinking too much koolaid from one person :)

I joined a brokerage here in Provo that had a broker with a background in investing (Steve Bond - RE/MAX Equity & FIG).

Background: My name is Jordan, and I graduated last year with a bachelors in finance.

Just an FYI, here is a good background on the NC solar business and how it relates to land/Ag use, and below is an interesting screen shot graphic from the US Energy Information Administration from a few years back

Run their background and credit.