Sellers do not know the process, rely on the goog and interwebs to tell them step by step what should be happening.

Similarly, make sure all of these transaction participants maintain adequate insurance and list you, the property owner and any intermediary as additional insured.If you rely on an intermediary relationship (most commonly a General Contractor or Property Manager), understand the authority granted in any agreement you execute to act on your behalf.Review the indemnification provisions in any service agreement ensuring the standard of care will not preclude insurance coverage and the provision is equitable.To recap, it’s not necessary to form a land trust, separate management LLC’s or form entities in specific states believing you will hide in the cloaks of secrecy.

Tell them they are adults and need to start behaving like it (worded more diplomatically). 

Small towns may rely too much on a single business or market segment.

-In response to the tenant's notice of early termination, I would have delivered a "Landlord's Response to Tenant's Notice of Early Termination", wherein I would state that I am relying on the tenant's notice of early termination, and such, am requiring that they vacate on the date they gave notice and that in reliance to their notice, you are re-renting the property with the expectation that they are vacating as they have given notice. 

We don't recommend relying solely on an agent as they're out of the picture after the closing.

What Kate describes is basic Due diligence one oh one before U close. and if Kate is relying on her mentor or their VAs to do her due diligence I can tell you that is not the way to go about it..

Minor or adult? 

Thats more like a temperature check on how optimistic everyone feels right now.Any long term prognosis can only rely on supply and demand projections.

Combine that with a very steep carried interest and I don't care if this is the deal of the century, because if it was, they would not be so fee heavy and rely more on carried interest.Personally, seeing a lot of underperformance in syndications, I do tend to see an inverse correlation between upfront fees and overall performance.