This is a question to all of the hard money lenders :If a Borrowers comes to you seeking a loan for a fix and flip,and requesting high leverage (85% purchase, 100% rehab),obviously you would need to vet Borrower's Experience.What if the Borrower's Experience was being a General Contractor on their Past projects ?

We have begun educating ourselves as much as possible by reading, listening to podcasts and attending all the great webinars on BP! 

Educate yourself and see what most interests you. 

If you want to ready, from the entry page, if you hover over "Education", you should see plenty of other resources.

The tub was the type that also had the side walls as one entire piece so along with the tub that was cut out was the walls as well.I contacted the home insurance and was later told that they were unable to cover any costs associated with the replacement because it was considered "over a period of time damage" and not sudden.I was well aware of how to demo all of the old tub and to clear out the area but after that my youtube education began.

I believe I understand how to leverage these opportunities and convince them they are better off going through with a short sale than letting the bank take the property back, but I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help clarify for me. 

.- if you click on education (at the very top of the screen) that is the doorway to never ending info to get you heading in the right direction, to achieve your goals. set small goals for your self and hold yourself to it!

I would really like to leverage this equity I have built into a bigger investment, and do it sooner than later.I am just not sure if it is smart to uproot my worry-free investments from a great market, and re-invest into a city that I am not that familiar with, especially without being there full time to look after the buildings?  

It’s a blast though and the education you gain will ( most likely) be worth way more than what you will profit on your first 2-3 properties.

Welcome to the community, its nice to see you selected a niche to focus on. while at your dashboard or profile page, click on education then you can select strategy, then rentals and you'll have tons of reading about rental strategy.