On the w9, you can only charge taxes on materials, you can't charge taxes on services, if you are paying cash (CA common practice, not saying it is legal) and expect to pay cash, then you're simply a licensed contractor doing an unlicensed activity (under the table).

Par for the course.I'd be more worried that a wholesaler would will simply bypass calling me (or call me last on their list) if I insisted on them providing a title search first - especially if most of their other buyers (like me) do not have that requirement.

Sometimes it is deliberate choice, sometimes it is simply bank/servicer inefficiency.

2 - Do IRS liens on property simply mean Property Taxes?

I need someone that can turn a couple rough drafts into contracts, write up some offers, lease options, etc, and also to simply answer a question about whether something is possible or legal.I'm really turned off by lawyers that want $200 just to answer a couple questions about what they could do for me. 

@Loretta Chang The one that I am currently using is, simply put, amazing.

Simply refuse to be offended.2.

If I didn't want him in the unit I would simply give the appropriate notice to terminate and move on.

It is simply not worth the trouble.

Then there are a couple of huge companies that I (and several other BP members - I know I've seen @Hattie Dizmond talk about this a lot) consider simply fraudulent - they're always flacking inflated ARVs and underestimated reno costs.