For me all partnerships have to have three things for me to want to even consider them:1: I have to legitimately like the person I partnered with. 

I renovate 50+ houses/year through the BRRRR / Flip methods and also help dozens of agents do the same.

Their method of “forced appreciation” is kind of interesting.

Have your attorney send your contractor a letter explaining your dissatisfaction, any legal, ethical, or moral violations his operating methods result in, and making him an offer BELOW your “target” amountbest of luck I have an attorney that I considered speaking with on this matter, but I’m not sure that he specializes in things like this.

Every marketing direct to seller method out there works. 

I'm looking to possibly flip or use the BRRR method to build a portfolio. 

Over the past three years, I’ve been using most of the major off-market techniques.One standout method has always been pulling data and feeding it into a call center to generate off-market leads.

Being in Orlando it's one of the more safe areas for hurricanes but make sure you pay attention to flood zones, get flood insurance as necessary in case of flash floods in rivers, and make sure you can get legitimate insurance providers.

I have tried to do my due diligence on the company and founders and it appears to be legitimate - but I could be missing some things.

BRRRR and REITs are both completely legitimate investing strategies.