Here's some helpful perspective, gleaned from experiences in many areas of tax & financial, without addressing the specific company and trademark that are being discussed.Establishing a 401k/QRP for someone that doesn't qualify can entail tax risks that greatly outweigh any purported benefits of 401k/QRP. 

My advice is contact the clerk of the court for the county where the property is located and ask if they've established a system to notify registered owners when an instrument which purports to affect title to an owner's property the owner is notified.FRAUD ALERT NOTIFICATION (FAN) SYSTEM (mcohio.org)

Please be aware that a popular video on youtube purports to provide a way to skirt the Due On Sale.

However, your $15,000 course purportedly covers significantly more than merely guidance on creative financing.

Thomas Tusser 1557This company purported to flip urban Baltimore row houses. from the article above, one investor bought 2500 Hollins street west baltimore for 20k, then spent 20.5k for rehab, a simple Google street view search shows it to be abandoned row houses in worst neighborhood of highest crime city in America.

I’m personally happier entering into longer leases, even though they purport to offer premiums over market rents.

I want to know that first and foremost, and then we can have a conversation about what the right call is to make with respect to the underlying investment because I will trust the decision making of a GP with years of substantited experience and a few losses on the board over  the novice who purports to have a perfect track record. 

Notably, upon request for references, the contacts provided were associated with Gmail accounts, despite purportedly representing corporate entities involved in real estate transactions.

This is not $120/ft material, which is how this is priced based on the $3,500 that was purportedly spent.

Therefore this is something that should be negotiated before a contract is signed.Something you wrote that stands out is the fact the GC purportedly has 40 employees but then only has one relationships with each subcontract trade.