Seeing the political advantage to serving this community's interests, he did all he could to bring government benefits and government spending to Detroit's black community.Cavanagh brought socialism to Detroit.

@Tom S.Hello Tom,You brought up a good point - umbrella insurance policies.

I finally brought someone else in because my original contractor had more issues come up that was going to make it even more difficult to finish.

There is a big buzz lately about the benefits and merits of "Co Wholesaling these days.Honestly,,,it sounds great and as a practical matter it seems like a great way for a Newbie or novice investor to get started.For that matter ,,Im sure even an experienced investor would love to split a wholesale fee with a wholesaler if they were in agreement and the partner brought in the exact buyer the wholesaler wanted in the first place.But I have some healthy skepticism about the whole concept01 Wouldnt you think a killer wholesaler even with only 1 or 2 years in the biz would have a healthy bonafide buyers list already,,those 4 0r 5 people that have already bought from him and tell him "bring me the next deal you get across your desk,,it doesnt even need to be a great deal"02 We are all busy,,,lets be honest and all the succesful wholesalers I know,,,as nice as they are as people,they really dont have time to mess around and train or hold hands with a well intended "buyer finder" there is still a learning curve03 From what I see it takes a lot of time and MONEY spent on marketing to shake out a deal from the trees these days.Ive heard stories of some individuals spending 5 to10K on marketing a month.

@Divya Gupta @Glenn Semeraro This question gets brought up so often I think there needs to be a sticky for handling this:  People always asking what towns do I invest in I want this, this, this, and my budget it this.  

I was brought to this wonderful community by  stumbling upon the BiggerPockets Podcast.

One investor's billboard sign brought him a very motivated seller with a house in perfect condition--selling at about 35K below market prices in that neighborhood.

SFRs are only worth what a comparable sale just brought.  

The last straw for me was when he cut Chris completely out of deal- where Chris had not only brought him the lead, but the buyer as well (entitling him to 50%)- and then "fired" him.  

Good one, Sam.Update for anyone interested: I brought this up with the wife a couple weeks ago and got shot down again (who wears the pants around here anyway?!).