The ones that do a good job were far too expensive, and the cheap ones tend to do a terrible job.

I'd be willing to move a lot more money over if we were going to be using their lending services.We have been using Fortera but their online system is TERRIBLE, especially for trying to transfer money to and from our Ally accounts. 

Your yard is in terrible shape and in need of care on a regular basis.

The thing that got me to buy that first deal was really, what will I really lose if this goes terribly wrong?

Terrible! 

Using a cash advance to purchase might be okay if you have the funds or at least some of the funds and can pay off the loan immediately in an emergency, but I think it's a terrible idea and a recipe for disaster if there are no emergency funds available and you can't get financing or even afford insurance. 

The hundred bucks off the top or whatever, is perfectly fine for me to pay.This sounds so terrible, but I just can't get involved in a renters business or life.

Series XX, CFA, CIPM ect. 2) This most likely won't be terribly earth shifting in terms of RE syndication since the subset of folks who work in finance and already aren't accredited is pretty small.This entire post is the result of no more than 15 minutes on google and to much coffee, so give it as much credence as you normally do things you read from random people you've never met on the internet.

She is now a single mother of 4 with no work history, terrible credit and an $1800 mortgage.

I'll say don't use Phases accounting they have upped their prices and they charge per form now which is terrible if you own properties.