I switched to full-time flipping (from a full-time GC) and almost ALL my deals are on the MLS and do not meet the 70% rule (gasp)...here is what I do and my thoughts:First, spend effort on meeting a lot of general contractors. 

I help spend less time searching for deals and more time finalizing deals. 

And as with everything, some will be better than others but at least you won't have to spend a ton of money to learn. 

Personally, I'm glad for the people who have no net worth and spend all their money on BS.

I've spoken with my financial advisor and ran the numbers where spending 5 more years in my W2 sets us up for the future but it's taking all my attention and I can't focus on real estate, plus I’m miserable.

Otherwise you spend year 1 paying yourself back for the furniture (if you're lucky) and then hope to make a profit in year 2, only for your lease to possibly change terms, losing all of the time you put into building your brand.

Go to court, have your attorney see about transferring it to superior court where they will need to get an attorney and spend some money.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Unfortunately, human nature is such that if I do spend hours, days, months vetting a sponsor, and ultimately sign off on them, I will already be biased to accepting the next deal they offer, regardless of whether it is good or not.  

I'm currently looking at using a company and they charge $2000 month for managing the campaign plus a ad spend for 4 properties.