It is frequent enough that if an American hears an English as a second language person on the phone it will be instantly assumed to be phone spam of some sort.

People have made millions by making the right guess (look at brooklyn or hoboken), and people have also been burned by making the wrong guess.

Even with what little work there is to do there, he/she will burn a day at that jobsite easy.

So he went over to the property over the weekend, fixed some soffit, hung a door, and to remediate a structural issue with the shedHE BURNED THE SHED TO THE GROUND.I'm at a loss for words.  

He creates an instant level of trust and a nice bond that then makes them want to go along with Johns ideas about how to save the bar.

I am pretty short on time anymore but now have a burning urge to read up on blind trusts. 

But hey the slate roof was original and lasted until a later owner burned it down a few years ago.

If its LTV shouldn't my downpayment be less than 25% due to the instant equity in the purchase?  

I got burned by all these seminars and spent thousands in programs that didn't work for me.

Hard money lending is all about the real estate market, valuing the property, knowing the neighborhoods, how you can liquidate a property if the deal crashes and burns, and the experience and integrity of the borrower.