Now he has an eviction on his record and large debt.I know that's long, but I thought some of you might appreciate the absurdity of it all.Anyone ever collect these settlements? 

@Kevin Collins I apologize; my response came out a little rough around the edges and I assume that you certainly have done your homework prior too.... but that is a bit of my point... nothing will change when you go and work with a realtor and find investment properties yourself... figuring out what the property is worth IS PART OF THE ANALYSIS (if that's important to you) and because of this it is no different than other than you should now be verifying what the realtor will tell you it's worth as opposed to what the turnkey is telling you. 

Houses in Memphis will barely be worth more than they are now 20 years from now, so you have to hope to have a good solid cash flow to make it make sense.So I would say really take a look at your business and see what opportunities there you'd be foregoing by investing in RE. 

I have a hard time visualizing things myself so using Alex has been a god send, here's her website https://www.cheatsheetdesign.com/ It's around $400 for her help and personally is worth it to me just to save my time!

When you are getting into raising big dollars from sophisticated investors they are going to want to see a track record and a well thought out and detailed business plan.

I haven’t personally worked with Five Stream Ventures, but I’ve found that vetting companies like these is all about the referrals and track record.

. - the juice isn't worth the squeeze to me on that type of loan product.

While there are definitely benefits to running a fund, it's tough to achieve success with funds as a beginner because oftentimes investors are attracted to the track record of the person or team running the fund. 

They already have a track record (good or bad) with you, so you can decide based on payment history, inspections, etc.

Well worth the money, plus you will have already factored that expense in to your cash-on-cash requirements to justify a purchase decision)4.