Over the past three years, I’ve been using most of the major off-market techniques.One standout method has always been pulling data and feeding it into a call center to generate off-market leads.

VA rates have come down a lot the past few months so you should be able to snag a good deal

Is it appropriate to request to be released from the contract so I can look for someone else or just go it alone like I have in the past?

You seem to be glossing past that fact in your post and maybe you don't even realize it, but you literally emptied the bank (equity) to come up with the down payment. 2.

In the Phoenix market, I haven’t encountered a wholesale deal in the past year that I would consider a good opportunity, despite reviewing hundreds—well over a thousand, in fact.

It depends on where you are on the investing phase, everyone will be in a different part and have differing opinions.I was in the growth phase a couple years so I looked to take on more debt to build my portfolio.I accumulated a lot of wealth after all the appreciation over the past 5 years.I am now looking to decrease my debt.Once the debt is paid down, I will be able to get an increase in monthly cash-flow that would have went to interest / principal paydown.Remember the goal is a comfortable living situation and not to acquire more rentals(or another job).

In the past at least they were promising to provide more details about the properties the funds were in, but they've gone completely dark

Hi AJ, I'm on the other end with being a mortgage banker for past 20 years.  

I really like the IL Medical district area for MTRs and have looked there for myself in the past too. 

Whatever entity formation service/person you choose to handle your asset protection, before you commit to it, be sure that you have run the entity formation matrix past your taxperson and received a quote for the yearly cost of accounting and tax prep for each shell.