Texas has some outfits that offer excellent mentoring.

Right now I have a an independent broker looking for me to join his outfit.

In that 12 years, I've seen a lot of "training" outfits come and go...including those under Kiyosaki's masthead. 

I will definitely have a lot to think about when outfitting my first property. 

I believe your comps are going to be north of $200/ft2 over there.As for contractor recommendation, you should think more about finding a home builder type, than a smaller outfit.  

Stay away from espresso and darker browns, because its more masculine and I think most females like the brighter colors better, even white.

I may make my first investment a turnkey, but have spoken to a few great outfits, like Memphis Invest, but don't see the appreciation.  

So, I"m starting a new company...currently in a severence period with the old outfit.

Never heard of the other outfit, but have made some money in tax liens using Chip's book.

Its the right thing to do, you are pitching a rehabbed house, it needs to work right.I did have one that went similar to this when they had crazy heavy rains and the basement flooded and I offered to give them like $1-2k and they refused it, wanted me to pay for a $4k BS pump system from some retail outfit off of TV, which I wasn't willing to do.