Besides the failure rate, wholesaling is legal when done right, but most programs teach you to practice real estate without a license which can get you in trouble. 

The educational system in the U S is extremely lacking in the field of business/economics if someone can write a book as simple as RDPD and have millions of people say that the simple concept of if you save money and invest it in appreciating/income producing assets you’ll be better off than if you spend it on unneeded toys has radically changed their life’s because they never knew of or heard of that concept before.  

I would definitely avoid her services if you want to save yourself the trouble and get quality work.

Like others have mentioned, there’s appreciation, depreciation, leverage, and tax benefits that produce a compelling risk adjusted return. 

HOA fee's do not just shoot up that high unless there is trouble from a legal standpoint.

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” - Milton FriedmanAgreed Russel. 

The ongoing issues are seriously impacting my financial tracking, and it’s disappointing, especially when other budgeting apps using third-party services seem to have no trouble with reliable syncing.I’ve been looking into alternatives like REIHub.

I'll do that when I meet my investments are producing my final goal of $X.

I don't personally own any properties leased to housing choice voucher recipients but heard from others who are having trouble leasing their properties.

Software automates what you already know (hopefully) - for some folks they get in trouble because they assume the software "knows" and they don't bother to learn it.