My experience has been that it's worthwhile to do things "by the book" rather than risk stop work orders, civil penalties, and  even criminal charges.You might consider talking to local contractors and getting their input.Good luck!

, to fund the rest of your rehab - and they take the property as collateral if you default; (2) go to your local REI, build connections, tell every single person you are looking to flip a property and that you will bring them the deal and split the profits in exchange for their money and experience; make them feel your passion and energy; depending on the person, you might get 50% profit if you have it under contract, perhaps lower - asking for anything over 50% would probably be offensive;(3) Use your own money.You need to seriously get creative to get a few deals under your belt and develop your lender network (this could be anyone, friends, family, HML, private lending).

In General, when choosing a paint color I am looking for a neutral (non-offensive) color.

In Vegas, it was great at first, then my tenants started losing their jobs one by one, and then I ran into a scam artist, which now I know to do a criminal background too on a prospective tenant.

I think thats the game the criminal bankers and wall street are playing with full support of the government they bought and paid for.

My full time source of income is through flipping houses and I do not take offense of the fact that I am only as good as my last flip just like a sales person is only as good as their last sale.

Turns out the job someone did to finish it is so poor it should be criminal.

As I understand it, violating this would be a civil affair and not a criminal action so therefore isn't really "illegal".

I'm guessing those who feel they need their advisers to be RE investors too, have difficulty in 1. understanding their professional role and 2. communicating in their specialty, having to speak investor lingo instead of business.......no offense folks.

The married couple are both professionals and claim to earn a gross monthly income of 3x the rent amount (to be verified by me).I have a rigorous screening service for criminal, credit, eviction, and employment verification which I will use to process applications for the married couple and their qualified co-signer.I've read that renting to a tenant undergoing a short sale is fraught with risk because the short sale may never occur, which would result in foreclosure and could pressure the tenant into bankruptcy during the lease period.