It appears these investors merely provided unsecured loans to RAD who in turn purportedly made loans, although its unclear if that ever happened.

I believe it will be enlightening and will provide some clarity to my post.By the way I am retired on RE investing (actually i have made enough money in 3 different sources for most people to retire on any one of them). 

I would recommend joining ULI (Urban Land Institute) They have a network of people that can provide exactly what you are looking for Remington is it just ULI dot com ?

I would love to connect and see how we can provide each other value.

Last piece of advice is to surround yourself with quality service providers (real estate brokers, lenders, accountants, attorneys, PM's, Contractors, Insurance Brokers)., They will be instrumental to your business. 

To all of those providing rental housing in the Cedar Rapids market, I'm curious to hear from YOU!

Based on the content of the podcast, a primary home w/ a detached or attached ADU would be similar to the example you provided of the triplex you owned and lived in.

. 🤔 After having the plumber come back a couple of times to try to remediate, we brought in a different plumber that provided 2 other possible remediation things we could try.

Please send me a message and I'll provide a few options. 

I'm happy to go walk the property and take photos and provide a simple report of the information you want to help you make a decision.