they got ahold of me on fb through one of my groups and claim to be a direct lender. they seem to good to be true. I want to make sure i dont get scammed out of $1,000's on my first big deal. thanks for any info. 

I don't know you guys but even if you think James has a bad reputation you probably should not lead off with that if you are trying to find a solution. 

Be ware of the ones that get compensated on the back end by trying to refer you to replacement property solutions that compensate them.  

The home also had a small lien.Listened, offered a solution and everyone walked away happy.Date: 02/06/2018

I don't have a solution to this.

But these are the sorts of gaps that people come up with solutions for.

We sealed the holes with spray foam and wiped vanity down with a bleach solution on Nov 21st. 

We communicated both with this investor and mngt to help find a solution for a tenant that was struggling to pay rent.

There's really not a cost-effective solution for utility monitoring for SFR, other than Nest.WhatsApp for business communications is lmited - how do you scale and hire someone to handle, while being able to track what they do?

If you are in the less common areas where the taxes and ins are increasing by leaps, then the solution is to sell the property and take your equity and buy in an area where the tax/ins increases aren't out of line.