Clearly it is evident their judgement is flawed by virtue of the fact I invested my retirement funds based on their say so and seemingly have lost the lot, so I'm sure anyone reading this can relate to this, and put bluntly, I do not know who to trust from any of the parties involved so an independent path seems appropriate We are so disheartened by what seemed to be an exciting opportunity to secure not only the future of ourselves, but help others across the other side of the globe as well.

My fear is that I will get into a flip and uncover something totally unforeseen.

Our clearly flawed logic was if she's getting all 6% ( then obviously minus all her costs) she should have some wiggle room since she would only get 3% if we had an agent of our own.

Also, look for subtle things on the outside of houses because you may uncover a seller who is motivated to sell for reasons other than maintenance neglect suggests. 

During my research I uncovered a lot of interesting data on similar recent sales and current inventory. 

also i wasn't putting myself down when i mentioned my learning disability, i was mainly just confiding to those who read this post that if some have math flaws that they as well as me will figure it out.

I've uncovered enough info to see that this person is from or moved to georgia because his name and info also comes up in decatur how can I search relatives from so far away?

Again, this was just a dream so of course there are many flaws in this dream. 

Follow up is the key now, give him a call in a couple days and just see if he's had a chance to consider your offer and then help uncover any concerns he has so you can address them. 

Not sure about the 1000 dollar rule.. but one thing I think is a flaw in the buy hold mind set is that these properties can be rentals for 5 to 10 years then sold to owner occ for a profit.I don't see that at all ... even If you could somehow talk someone into moving into a rental area and being a new homeowner the improvements you would need to make to make the property RETAIL ready would probably eat up half or more of any cash flow you made the previous 5 years.I see this with the current crop of smaller players starting buy and hold funds...