Also, I know I shouldn't let my emotions affect my investment decision, these are all very old houses and I can't help but think that every time I turn around I will have to deal with repairs of the roof, flooring, stairs, driveway, furnance, so on and so forth non stop.  

I will dive into it deeper.

Not emotional - just as an investment.

Life changes sometimes happen and that's when you've got to change into damage-control mode and leave the emotions behind with the sole goal of getting them out asap.

I can only imagine the emotional state of the people that are going through this...... even the people that didn't get flooded are dealing with a lot..... do I still have a job?

All things aside  I want to make the best financial decision and not rely on my emotions. 

But I think RE is a more emotional game for most people (even after mastering how to separate your emotions from the deal) So I think that's the big point that was missed.

She couldn't believe how smooth everything went and when we asked her if she pleased with our service she said yes and became emotional I can't believe how easy this was she said.

Based on those two numbers, I would dig in deeper.

From speaking with another (actual) investor, I learned that this group operated heavily in the Stockton and Sacramento area.Bottom line: if you come across someone who tells you that you have to pay to learn from them, I would suggest to continue looking - it is possible that you may learn something from the "education," but, in higher likelihood, you'd only end up deeper in debt, or worse, in a bad RE deal that they could not find anyone else to sell to.There are plenty of honest people still around, many are successful and some of those have blogs and podcasts that you can learn from for free (although, they still seem to have something to sell you, but it is a fair trade off.)