He might be able to charge you money and you pay him but that doesn't mean he can legally do the work if permits are required.There is no such thing as a Colorado GC license, licensing is done on the city / county level.

When all goes well things are good. 10 years ago, Investors enjoyed working with good wholesalers who would actively scout the properties desired and do all of the leg work.Over time, the ability to get involved with little or no skin in the game, the ability to make a lump sum of money quickly, and a plethora of bad information made available by people who were only after the disposable income of those who really did not have enough money to get involved in higher level RE took a good tool and exploited it.Wholesalers exploiting undereducated layman (someone who does this exclusively for a living is operating as an Agent with no licensing issues to restrain them or cause them to disclose expert status), using a lot of really distasteful tactics (like trying to wholesale deals already on the MLS, co wholesaling through a string of folks) and getting greedier and greedier as they went....That's where the stink came from. 

I would prefer to stay around 400k for my own comfort level if possible but hear what youve all said.

Big companies can be cheaper when they send out their low level techs to do most work, but they're more expensive when they're sending out their good guys because they have higher overhead plus the labor for the experienced guys. 

You need to get to a higher level of understanding before having your very first deal be $2.6mm.A. 

Situation:As Bigger Pockets continues to grow:There will be a greater disparity and frequency between levels of questions, info requests, how to search for info, usefulness and enjoyment of the BP site, etc which will need to be restricted.Countering that, there should be a general hesitancy to restrict forum activity both from a financial standpoint, advertising standpoint, etc.  

It will prepare you for the next-level stuff you are going to do.

When us Houstonian's think hurricane we don't think our homes are going to get swept away, we think about the water levels from the storm. 

. $150k agreement purchase price and market level is in the high $200k’s.

They will conduct a test to determine the level of the leak and whether it's dangerous.