Why do you want to work with agents who don't understand simple things like owner financing in real estate, it's really simple.

What you want is, as they say: relatively simple, but not easy.

I'll keep this short and simple.

You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.

An attorney can cost you a lot, and winning in small-claims is simple enough (in NC, at least).

I also agree that RE appreciation is unlikely to match the last dozen years, but you never know.Where I am unsure we agree is that paying $450k to improve the cash flow ~$3k (your numbers but I expect my delta wold be similar meaning both my cash flow estimates would be worse than yours but both would be worse by the same amount not affecting the difference) makes sense especially if the cost of having the extra $450k is only 6% rate which is historically simple to beat via numerous investment options and hopefully no one is investing in RE for an expected of 6%.  

My core investing philosophy is pretty simple, and has done very well across almost two decades and numerous cities:1) Invest in cities with population (and job) growth2) Invest in parts of the city where household income is near the median (or slightly below)3) Invest in properties that provide cash flow from day 1 Thank you for sharing that. 

Quote from @Sean O'Keefe: This company is 3x the price of two well-known companies providing the same service and mentioned here:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1136752-expla...Hopefully price isn’t the only consideration 🤔 For DIY, I'd say it's at the top of the list.

The example does actually reflect my situation but I tried to keep it as simple as possible. 

This is simple to understand.