I did not know what a wraparound mortgage was, or a "subject to" was, or what "subordinating notes" was, or what a "lease option assignment" was..So I stumbled along.

I also can search for complaints on individual's or companies, which is what I was looking for and stumbled upon finding GCs.

If they stumble or if it doesn't match the application, DENIED.Take a look at the tenant's car.

well I am going to offer some other type of adviceyour one of a million who want to make big money flipping houses.. hard to do very few do it well and its competitive as hellI would in your situation spend the 1k and get a real estate license and hire on with a top producer and get PAID to learn.. in a hot Denver market with high price points you can stumble to 50 to 100k a year... and you work weekends .that will give you a foundation and you will make far better contacts than at meet ups.. .meet ups that I have gone to at least in my perspective are a total waste of time.you have the experienced guys just looking to take advantage of guys like you.. hey bring me a deal and I will pay you a few grand... there is no future in that.. and if you have no money no experience you need to get both.. so that's one way to get into the industry and become a professional..

On the two extremes, Schwab, my preferred broker, has no idea how to handle IRA LLCs or alternatives in IRAs, which is why I stumbled across the Checkbook IRA world when getting ready for my next PE investment.

Every time I presented, I aimed to be the authority on the subject so that I didn't stumble over my own words and no questions would catch me off guard. 

You have stumbled onto some great reading. 

Flippers often do this when they stumble upon a house juuuuuuuuuuust good enough for traditional financing.

What you have stumbled upon are the problems (I used a "nice" word there) with using "%" to evaluate REI.  

There are so many required disclosures and agency issues involved where an agent can stumble into trouble dealing with both sides of the transaction that many listing agents simply don't want to deal with an unrepresented buyer, or their brokerages require they designated separate agents to avoid agency issues.