I only ask because I can feel the weight in your initial post.Getting into RE, especially as a broker if you wanted can be financially beneficial and maybe pay that debt off in 3-5 years.

What was the outcome?

It's beneficial to have a team in place when you find the deal but it doesn't mean you should pass on a deal because you don't have a team. 

How beneficial is a consultant to your team?

I too have been looking at starting a direct mail campaign but are the costs of doing it all yourself worth the hassle, or would it be more beneficial to go with one of the companies who specialize in this field in your opinion?

Do a chart (Excel spreadsheet)on all of the possible exit strategies for this deal and see which one provides the best outcome for YOU, Jason.

You must be able to win either sooner or later given any reasonable spectrum of possible outcomes.

Larry Fried is a agent who sells turn key and works with Maverick or he did when Maverick hooked up with these yahoos when he told me who they were affiliating with in Birmingham I wrote him a PM and told him to watch out if you do a background check on both of those folks you will not like what you find.I think that advice was ignored because its all about Maverick and the mark ups .. people must understand that this is no different than any other kind of brokerage its just a company Like Maverick has made it a national business agreegating all these smaller fix and flip for rental folks and reps their product its obvious even with my warning to Larry that they just charged ahead and I knew this would most likely be the outcome @Ann Howell  At the end of the day this is a very small industry.

I was thinking it would be beneficial to them and having tenants who are focused on their personal finances would probably bring me benefits as well.

At the end of the day, someone ponying up actual expenses is the outcome you need.