No one in their right mind is going to file a lawsuit over 2k.. they may and should just take you to small claims and or as Greg stated file their lien and wait.Also work done to YOUR satisfaction is a pretty weak argument and totally subjective.

Plus, I’m not a “people person” and I know my weaknesses. 

It's very weak in the automated messages category. 

I paid my dues with years of door to door sales and til this day longer, relationship building type sales is my weakness but I do aim to get better and better.

Analyze your strengths/weaknesses and also the type of business you are planning on building.

Weak agents are washing out of the industry.

this was the only refund by RADD mentioned in the 66 Google reviews/responses on their Google listing, and it was in response to an investor who had filed an SEC complaint, so everyone who has invested with them and has been denied a redemption, please file SEC complaint, but still more likely that a chronically depressed Lemming will survive the annual ocean crossing than you will see a dime of your investment anytime soon. 

Maybe renovation costs get blundered so the spread is too weak, but the appreciation and refi potential is there.

And we have a chronic housing shortage, so finding renters (or buyers) is n ever a problem. 

But appreciation is generally very weak in areas you can get better than the 1% rule.