If not, you missed a lot of great practical info on there.By the way, let me know what you find out on a reputable RE attorney.

I make a practice of never discussing business matters with my tenants and this instance reinforces this practice.

Know what you're going to say and what questions you're going to ask before you get that first call, but practice so you don't sound like you're reading from a script.3.)

I was hoping you could lend some expertise on how you got over that hump and how you got comfortable with paying insanely high interest rates on hard money and private money if that is what you indeed chose to use?

I've been scrapping and mining the CFPB guidelines and practices for regulators.

Way back in the 1970s and 1980s and even into the 1990s, this was a common practice throughout the investing community.

(maybe long-term wholesalers have a different view, I really don't confess expertise in this area) I guess at the end of the day, it's my opinion/perception that if you're going to be a wholesaler you need to be able to sell to rehabbers, as well as buy and hold types.

I've seen some things on HML's and just wondered what other options are out there or what someone with more expertise would do in this situation.

Before you cam be a member the bureau will basically vet you as to knowing what you're doing, fair credit reporting practices and the nature of your business.Unless your rents are collected by a member property manager as Steve mentioned your only way to ding credit is by the eviction process which is picked up through legal notices as Bill and Duncan mentioned. :).

We use to have an accountant who practiced out of one of our properties.