I understand the frustration of fixing other people's messes.

Then we committed to bank 10% of everything else (a tithe above a tithe I guess) and pray separately for places to give.   

For me if someone has a negative review I typically consider something else, if its positive then I would continue to do my own research but do not really go off of others.

During the pandemic, I was living in NYC paying $2000/ rent, and decided it was time to follow in my parent's footsteps and start to build some serious wealth rather than paying someone else's mortgage.

F-everyone else's end-point, it's your life were all just living in it, right.

@Elizabeth Southall All you can do is appeal the appraisal results, and if unsuccessful, proceed with the lower value or start over somewhere else.

If you find the right team, you can probably find success but that's not to say it might be easier somewhere else.  

I'm thinking of liens, backtaxes, making sure the seller doesn't sell to someone else, etc.

Open a coffee-trailer or a roof cleaning business, or sell tools on TikTok... and then invest in real estate.I have been investing in Milwaukee for 15 years, which is probably one of the better cash flow markets and I am in the same boat as everyone else its hard to find deals worth buying. 

Who knows what else has happened.