You are a renter and subletting that people rebranded to make oodles of dollars on.I would also be curious to see how profitable this is, especially as the economy continues to show more signs of major cracks

Because I have personally done both and continue to do it to add to my portfolio.

It is a six month mastermind but then we continually meet every Tuesday forever. 

They are very different, which is making me struggle with comparing them.

The issue there is the current prices and CA laws - for the past year I've been struggling to find a property that's somewhat turnkey and that would at least break even...

That's usually how it goes with lenders that struggle with spelling. 

I've heard that some people have used a trust account or something similar as a method of income, if you can prove history of payments and continuation of these payments.

Im hoping to find an investor to help me buy the lot next to mine so i can move up from doing tax deeds.. if not i have my next lot picked out and will continue to invest in them while i fix my credit and learn more on investing.. i have always wanted to be successful in life but drugs and bad choices have kept me from it.. now im proud to say there is nothing that will stand in my way of realizing my dreams Just following up.

The fact I can go to my kid's golf game today, yet still catch a vendor overcharging me $81 the day before on a SFR in Georgia makes me feel the systems that are in place, plus the ability to manage sacrifices has paid off.I've had the same team in most of businesses for almost 8 years, and have a growing RE team that continue to impress me. 

I want to give them the benefit of the doubt they are just struggling with staffing but now have seen some red flags that lead me to believe there might also be some type of deceit/fraud and possible financial trouble.