I had them cut down and the garbage truck just happened to be coming by when the guy was just finishing up.

No middle man involved to take a cut of the interest or points or to tack on fees.

I'm going to go ahead and be straight forward.

Cutting deals thinking you are not taking personal responsibility is not reality.There can be circumstances where both the lender or seller may agree to act without a personal guarantee.

Figuring out the ROI is straight forward.

One thing I would do if I had to start all over from scratch is read the book "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" by Gary Keller and create a business plan straight from the pages in his book.

SolutionsThis lost time means the lost opportunity for rent, which means that we have to cut our budget somewhere while still:1.

Oh I also cut down on going to Vegas two or three times a year!

During the last property cycle, the gal who cuts my hair would quiz me about real estate investing.

We are finishing up a rehab project right now and the contractor that was doing the work was doing a horrible job, taking too long and causing a lot of issues, so I decided to fire him this past Friday and cut my losses.I haven't paid him his final draw yet and based on the quality of work (or lack there of) and he was already at his time deadline based on our contract and had at least a third of the scope of work still unfinished or needing redone because of how bad the finish work was.I tried to negotiate a final amount for us to agree upon to part ways and have the contractor sign the final lien waiver, but he is requesting more than what I think he deserves and he is threatening to file a mechanics lien against our property if I don't give him what he wants.Any thoughts or suggestions on what my rights are and how I should handle this???