I think you are referring to Jorge from AHP. 

<<< Correct, that is exactly what I am referring THIS IS your tradeoff most of the time when using turnkey companies AND WILL CONTINUE to be your tradeoff even when using a realtor IF YOU DON'T VERIFY YOUR NUMBERS. 

If so, I would love to connect with you as a possible reference.

Investors should be extremely cautious with Qualified Intermediaries that also represent (and get paid on) replacement property solutions or Qualified Intermediaries that refer clients to their "associates" or "friends" for replacement property solutions so that they can get paid a referral fee or those that actively put replacement property solutions together in order to make money.  

Do you check Landlord references?

I reached out to RTR, they referred me to another contractor which gave me a bid that would increase the construction cost by 100K - or they offered to buy as is and I would take a 160K loss.It is terrible to fell this dumb!

I'm not the fair housing landlord expert but I'd probably steer away from referring to it as "veteran housing"Either way I can relate to your situation a little because I also own a house that is shared by multiple people.

So, do they really want to hire a lawyer to try and fight you, and have their credit wrecked in the meantime and have a terrible landlord reference? 

I refer to Sb13 and ab2533 as proof that the state legislature wants safe unpermitted units to be occupied.  

So I would ask what you care the most about depending on the type of deals you do.I do think checking references and reviews is important as that's sometimes overlooked and some lenders are notorious for switch & baiting.