Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly. 

As of now, I can see tax planning being beneficial to handle 2 people filing as single because we have to figure out how deductions from the mortgage will work.

I figured that he was butt head scamming folks With his crap.

You could have used that $8800 to possibly have partnered with someone locally that is already doing the subject to deals to figure it out first hand.

Personally I'm against these types of programs, especially 5-figure ones.

@Andrae S Wiggins recommend you upgrade your BP membership to Pro to access the BP Calculators to evaluate rental purchases.Play with the numbers to figure out the purchase price that gives you your target ROI.That's the number you'll need to make an offer at, NOT what the seller is asking.Yes, you will get a lot of rejects, but whoever said investing was easy?

Going to want to cast a wide net at first and figure out where you can best source your MTR leads from

They are the ones who are putting the time and effort into finding and managing the deal.If you can make better than 13% elsewhere, then don't invest in ODC.If you can't make better than 13% elsewhere, then invest in ODC.I just made up the 13% figure, I don't know what rate of return their fund would make. 

Might be a diamond on the rough if you can fix it up and then long-term rent.

I am down for a coin or two once I can figure some more basics out a little better at least.