There is a team of individual and corporate investors who have hired a firm to fight these efforts. 

Our form lease forbids any adult from living in the house who is not on the lease, but am I just setting myself up for a fight later?  

If they are right, most likely chances of fighting it and winning are nil but you can try

Then find yourself a rental/inspector guru that knows what constitutes a winner rental property based on your capabilities.

Pretty sure I earned every penny on that one.Sounds like more of the issue is you dont know how to distinguish between average and quality, and over pay for average.Here is a question....if it is all so rigged....then why do I, as a top 1% agent nationally....use agents in other markets when I buy and sell there, when one would think Id be more than capable of doing it myself?

More importantly, we don't know 1) your capability to pay 2) the seller "requirements" or needs, 3) property condition / collateral valuation and 4) why you don't just buy traditionally. 

And if you have a property and a loan out there, and you are cash flow negative because a recession hits and rents are dropping, AND values are ticking down month after month, how long are you going to fight through, especially as a newer operator, before you call it quits, take your lumps, and move on.At the end of the day, there is money out there.  

Today, I've been taken advantage of, and I'm now fighting hard to recover my money.

There was an article published in the WSJ on January 25th 2001, yes a long time ago, and this was the first paragraph "NEW YORK -- Realtors, already battling Internet companies that have entered the home-selling business, are now organizing to fight a joint proposal of the Federal Reserve and U.S.

It's a dog fight for property like that.