Umbrella policies are usually only a few hundred dollars per year.Good luck. 

It was obvious he valued the upfront fee more than the potential of a real partnership where we could collectively earn substantial profits (hundreds of thousands of dollars vs 10k) in a matter of weeks.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

The monthly profit can be anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars depending on the size, condition, and rental rate of the property. 

Spend a few hundred dollars and speak with an attorney.

I used companies that would deliver and install, cut sink and faucet  holes for a few hundred bucks.

FACT: Borrower asks lender a “favor” to increase their payoff as a way to get hundreds of thousands extra back but NOT given back at closing on HUD, rather under the table directly from lender to borrowers after lender received the inflated payoff.Is this in fact considered Mortgage Fraud?

They do hundreds of transactions a month and can guide you better than most attorneys when it comes to title issues.They use a complicated form that creates extra work and confusion with no benefit to the buyer or the seller. 

How can any of these answers even help you if we don't know where you live, what your goals are, how much capital you have saved, what you earn, what your why is, and like a hundred other things.If you want a tip that will really help you it would be to provide some background first and then ask a tighter question based on what you have read about or listened to on podcasts.

Lets not forget the management company would have piled on a few hundred on top of the bids for a supervising fee.