I'm very much in the dark as to what really happened.Why would I care about by buyers, buyers, buyer.

Start with the basics, IMO, those are shots in the dark hoping to hit a deal.

The money we are talking is minimal and I guess I should just sign and get on with my life.

I have a saying - as a woman if I would not walk down the streets at night in the dark by myself - why would I want to invest there.

There's minimal point to doing this anyway.

But hey, thats what I am here for, to listen to the good ideas and advice of others and hopefully minimize my mistake curve as I figure out a workable systems (or systems.)Well, I look forward to hearing from many of you in various forums and I hope I can provide a little experience of my own after a while in the trial and tribulations of "Out Of Country" investing.Thanks,Warren

Looking for fellow birddogs and wholesalers to share their techniques on minimizing this from happening.

I am just trying to minimize the risk by learning everything I can first.

as minimal as the price of the duplex you are buying is, what was negotiated in the purchase agreement?

Again, you don't have to 1099 amounts until the total paid out to any single entity exceeds $599 in a tax year.So you hire that guy for that amount once a year, and you don't have to issue a 1099; hire him a second time in the same year for that amount, and you will have to issue a 1099.My guess is that you don't issue any 1099s yet, but if you had been doing so already, I'd suggest the pain of doing so can be minimized with some bookeeping software.