The rental had ratty furniture, a record player prominently featured in the marketing but it had no speakers, missing basics items in the kitchen, lots of drunks in the concrete hallways that reverberated right into the bedroom at 2am, a strong odor of urine outside, and more.We have super hosts in this forum that have hundreds of 5-star reviews and are masters of the craft, but I look at their rentals and see they don't have any artwork on the walls, decor is basic, they do nothing to make the guest feel welcome, etc. 

For family life, there are great communities with good schools and a lot of kid-friendly activities.

Quote from @John Jones: What is exactly included in the Basic subscription of Invelo, which is included with Pro BiggerPockets? 

Basically, you're gambling on the second appraisal and at most you will lose the $1000.  

A fake and basically empty Facebook account (with a hotmail email attached to it) was planted to give itself some credability.

I am open to investing basically anywhere, as long as I could make it work.

That 2nd requirement is  what makes it close to basically impossible with a W2 job.

How  do i know the contractor not cut corner, the seller refuse to disclose the scope of work done, and the contractor said he won't reveal it without seller permission, so they are basically say we won't give you any information beside invoice, other figure it out yourself with your own money, we don't' have obligation.

They just seem to be trying to add too much now and not doing the basics well.  

The fee for this service is basically passed down to the guest one way or another.