Follow up: I did provide my partner a very detailed spreadsheet showing "possible" profit and losses, with every expense listed separately.

I’d suggest a transaction detail report on your bank accounts, filtered for Deposits only.

This payment is to be made to the respective details provided in the payment invoice before a loan transfer will be initiated.

Message me and I can get you those details. 

You hit on all points and I appreciate you for going into detail. 

@Eddie Starr the devil will be in the details for this.

red flags are this.1. too quick to approve you when you have little to no expreince2. they don't ask you for detailed financial information from you.3. rates lower than you see from bigger legit lenders ( too good to be true)4. money up front and just like what happened to you.. need this fee .. oh and now I need that fee and of course you will get funding tomorrow if you pay this fee.. this is all a scam plain and simple. find reputable HML in your market go meet them.. if you have no experience it can be tougher.. if your credit is less than 640 can be tough.. if you have no cash for a down payment.. pretty much impossible..

All of these points are very helpful and, like you mentioned, covered in detail throughout the BP forums and/or podcast.

To paint an accurate picture, here are the details. 

Worked hard, pride of work (sent me photos of his tasks not to inform me of the progress but because he was proud of the job), great attention to detail, could research what he did not know (smart).