This guy's name (Mario Cotto) came up as a red flag at our meeting last month.

The fact they ask you to do this is not only a red flag for obvious reasons, but also because, they should know better how risky this is for you and if they had true good intentions they would have understood that and not offer you that option.What you can do is tell them..

There are more serious red flags that come up during the screening process. 

The Cape Coral Code Compliance officer showed the roofer the various emails to BTC, which left the roofer very unhappy as he then knew he had been misled and made him liable for a fine for illegally performing work while a red stop work order was in place.BTC appears to be continuing to cause damage to customers and other contractors. 

My plan is to be as knowledgeable I possible can so the deals I present are rock solid and convincing enough to get my money.

We stayed at a place called Rocking J's which was a trip all in itself.

You can judge the ethics of that request yourself to put into these rock-solid businesses above. 

I don’t see anything glaringly wrong with their concept but 2 things have caused a red light.  1.

If you think like those gurus or think like those gurus, then you can kick rocks pretty much.Also put aside some money for appraisals, because if you don't do anything correct with a multitude of professionals, you can get sued.Plus these gurus who promise to jv on deals will screw you over.These gurus are pathological liars that need someone to publicly expose them face to face! 

One of the trends you see clearly is that smaller landlords do not want to rock the boat increases, especially with good tenants.