This way the broker can search hundreds of lenders (Including Easy Street Capital) instead of just hoping that one lender can get you a good deal.A direct lender can work very well for Conventional loans, but if you were hoping to get a good deal I would look elsewhere Or you could search for hundreds of lenders here on BP or online yourself and avoid paying broker fees..

Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.

I too, have looked seriously into the many, many, online Real Estate Guru’s that are offering one on one training.

Also go online to loopnet and crexi and look up similar properties to lease.  

As I mentioned I finished my post graduate education 50 years ago, so my experience may not be so relevant in today's world, with so much of the information we received in college courses available on line for free.  

Sometimes these types of deals require that you purchase a software to help search for lots,so we'll see.Most of the time,established people in industry are not going to come online and scam people,why would they ruin their own business in the offline arena?

Use online tools like Rent Savvy, Avail, Rent Redi, Apartment.com, Angie, Thumstack.... to manage yourself and learn. 

Tax shelter schemes, partnerships with foreign partners and accounts, partnerships with hundreds of members, returns with blatant mistakes, entities in questionable businesses, like gambling, drugs, online video sales, escort services.

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.

I would never form an entity with them when I can do it online with a firm that charges a fraction of what they charge).