I contacted them and got an email form them referring me to a 3rd company that could help me get started on investing in notes and provides education, seemed odd...

Let them know that next year there will be another increase, and they will have to take over utilities.The odds are pretty good that they can't afford the increase, or they won't want to.

I'm not one to plug my business and there is enough good, bad and ugly online for all to see.You will find many "real world" reviews on both Ohio Cashflow and Oz Realty via a Google search.Not perfect by any means and we make mistakes.Honest mistakes that we do our best to rectify.Standing the test of time in a real estate niche called turnkey that has been scared by many shady operators speaks for itself IMO.I will say this, investors buying sub $100,000 properties and only owning 1 or 2 and expecting miracles are usually unsatisfied.Sub $100,000 requires volume to work and for a decent long term return to be realized.Our price points are $70,000 - $100,000 and rent's are from $750 - $1,100pm2bed, 1bath and 3 bed, 1 bath is our bread and butter.Sometimes 4 bed, 1 bath and rarely 4 bed, 2 bath or 3 bed, 2 bath.The odd duplex from time to time and the odd 4 unit or 6 unit but those are rare.B class areas mostly.Sometimes B- and C class on occasion which we will stress clearly in any deal pro-forma along with the pro's and con's.Also, those that get their panties in a tangle and decide to leave the wing of Ohio Cashflow, we can't help much anymore as it get's messy and muddy so we have to politely bow out from any continued engagement. 

But that fact that every agent I know always starts at 6% seems a bit odd, and for the brief period I was a licensed agent, the fact that my brokerage based their commission splits and amounts due on the 6% commission (even if I negotiated a lower split with my clients) pretty much proves the case and the reason it was settled is because the NAR knows there was countless evidence to show a broad collusion.But, I think it is about time that buyers pay for their own representatives.  

I have a neighbor with an odd sized little piece of property that would work for me to build a shop for woodworking and general storage.

For some odd reason, emotions seem strong on this board over the terms, and many here have their private definitions.

That's odd, because I could have pulled an extra $35K out over and above my out of pocket expenses. 

Seems like an odd time to go dark on a thread he was so active in.

Trying to find good meetups as well, but oddly not seeing much in Orlando.

Typically anything that needs to be done to the property will be noted on the appraisal, so it's odd if nothing was mentioned until the last minute....it will show that the value is "subject to _______________________" and this is where they will add things that need to be done before closing.