@Laith Ali there are numerous ways to protect yourself from a bad contractor, now remember that not all contractors are bad. 

We are in contract on a shopping center that has numerous vacancies.

That would include you or them acting as a third party facilitating a real estate transaction between two other people.If you are only buying properties for yourself to flip or whatever, and these appointment setters are your actual W2 employees and not 1099 contractors, then you are probably OK.If you're a wholesaler and don't intend to take possession of the property, well that could be completely different.As always, I would advise spending a few bucks to talk to a real estate attorney on matters like this.

Individual taxpayers who are not engaged in a trade or business but are investigating the potential creation of a new business should consider forming an S corporation to facilitate and conduct all the activities related to the investigation.

.- Social Media ads have been sent out on numerous occasions.- Created sellers guides, told everyone we know, networking events, and the list goes on and on.I am not anticipating getting 100 leads but not even '1' has been through all the marketing I've done.

I have opened numerous accounts in Texas with just the Certificate of Formation and Federal Tax ID #

Something to consider and keep my eye on when I do my own unit inspections.Before the a/c died completely, I needed to make numerous repairs to that HVAC in the first 18 months I owned the house. 

Please note that there are numerous "tracks" of additional education for you to peruse on a variety of topics. 

First of all, I want to give a HUGE thanks to BP for creating this platform to facilitate discussion/knowledge exchange for real estate investment.

Hey Steven Luttman the four unit has gone good, it cash flows nicely right now its actually on the market and I have gotten numerous offers.