We can see what the market thinks by observing transaction volume in real estate private equity.

Your observations about how VAs can be treated by others are totally accurate and very unfortunate. 

Ok, here's 2 observations of his system with clients:will county Sheriff sale.

Whether is taking his "course", paying for the self written articles about his success or aka writing "puff pieces", buying fake Instagram followers, sitting on FB marketplace trying to get someone to pay for a house they don't know is condemnable and pay to have DJ remodel it and DJ never completing the remodel,  him spending an enormous time defending himself in small claims court, and threatening charges on  people that don't know law so they pay what he wants.All of those examples came from either my observation, experience, or other peoples reviews of him.The guy rented me a condemnable property.

I observed a similar scam but less money involved. 

I attended a boot camp once kind of as an observer (because I will not be trying active syndication anytime soon).

However, as you stated, Memphis can vary significantly by street, so I recommend visiting the area personally and observe the specific streets and surroundings, or doing a zoom call with a trusted realtor who has physically been there. 

Again, check to see if this is a "recommend" or "required" observation.

But at the same time, if he is still  getting more money from unexpected investors who will likely lose money as well, then I think it is great for Ryan to shout from the roof tops a voice of warning to others to beware of Scott Carson by sharing his personal story.  

You can obviously find individual deals just about anywhere, but these are observations of the places as a whole