One of them caused an electrical fire and burned out an outlet.

@Melanie P.Thank you for your response.I agree with you there are a LOT of garbage syndications out there and I know a lot of people that have been burned by them. 

I do not know how they are handling new customers verse the Midland existing customers.Regarding the customer service it seems the people I dealt with are still employed and only my "personal rep" as it were, was promoted and another took her place.

Promoters of these private equity investments: I more fully understand how the whole promote aspect of these businesses skews the view we get.

Without predictability on insurability and risk of the primary collateral being destroyed (which at this point theoretically could happen anywhere) as it’s January, and would you believe in 2023 that 71K thousand square miles of northern Canada burned 5% of the entire Canadian forest with billions in damages? 

Aside from this forum and the events promoted here, where else would you recommend looking to find connections or events with experienced flippers in Chicago? 

I believe coaching does work, but I also believe that 90% of the coaches are better at marketing / self promotion than they are at doing deals. 

I've read a lot of bad information on how some gurus are promoting techniques that are flawed at best, fraud at worst.

I would say if you do jump in without physically going to the area...you should definitely buy in a nicer neighborhood (I hear too many stories with new investors getting burned investing in bad neighborhoods). 

It is a matter of getting out of your comfort zone a little bit but not so much that you will burn out or lose sleep.