Can you provide me with some constructive criticism to make future calls better?

The operator you go with is critical for a chance of success.  

@John Thedford I am saying this with no intention of being offensive, but your ignorance is clouding your critical thinking. 

However could you help me prioritize some critical questions to ask via some sort of a list?

Some mission critical info, Robert.

There is also the distinction between passive custodians such as listed on the nuwireinvestor page referenced and advisory firms that implement and support plans offering checkbook control.I strongly applaud your desire to have the IRA piece figured out before pursuing opportunities, as that is critical to your investing success as well as IRS compliance.Check out a handful of companies, both on the passive custodian and checkbook control side of the equation.  

This report became our scope of work and a critical part of our investor program.  

Figuring a reliable ARV is the most critical step before making any offer.

we call that insider trading or local knowledge.. critical in high return high touch rentals

It's not the end of the world, necessarily, but many people feel that if they can't absolutely maximize each dollar in the most efficient manner, then somehow, they have failed.And in this day and age, the internet allows the entire world to criticize every decision they've made if they decide to share it for some reason.