Ironically, the people vouching for this company have closed their accounts.

If you are looking to fix and flip, just make sure you look for a 12 month term, non-dutch interest on the rehab funds (this means you do not pay interest on the rehab money until you use it), no prepayment penalty, and avoid any lenders that escrow your payments at closing.

Investing close to where you live and a place where you would want to live has advantages like being able to check on your property and meet with your team.

One thing I did note is my insurance is $3K a year lower due to the monitored fire suppression system in these larger properties versus my smaller properties that sleep 12 or less built close to the same time.As someone who has lived in Illinois twice, the politicians there don't care if people burn as long as they can tax and spend. 

I just have never heard of this kind of experience and am wondering if others have run into any debacle like this. title company checks normally dont get held I know mine never do.. last year when first american got hacked I had closed a deal and had a nice size proceed wire due and it took 6 or 7 days for FATCO to get the wire out to me..

You will just need to lift the freeze again about a week before closing. 

Well reviewed and my  management processes in place. and one of the nice things, I am out-performing my neighbors and close competitors by 20%. all with only the knowledge from here and from Avery's book

Did you pursue it and close any deals?

Closing fees won't be any different if they are 4 seperate fee simple properties.

I have a good agent I've worked with for years and letting him represent me not only gives me the advantage of additional counsel, it also gives me someone else to do the heavy lifting so I can concentrate on the deals themselves rather than the intricacies of the actual contract, the process of moving everything through closing and all the hiccups that often come with investment properties.