By the bigger brokerage, Oxford Realty, I have been recommended brokerages like Keller Williams, Compass and Remax, which all have several reviews with questionable reputation, as I have seen on Glassdoor & Yelp, so I am doing this with extreme caution.

I am wanting to build a Adu in my backyard and am having trouble finding reputable contractors who know this niche particularly well.

Not closing on deals gets your reputation killed!

I started out using hard money then after doing 5 deals I had a track record to attract reputable private money lenders. 

On the relative scale of turnover costs it's a pretty nominal cost for me, and a landlord's reputation of treating renters respectfully is even more important in a small community than in an urban area. 

@Don Spafford I'd speak to a reputable lender or a few of them and get a sense of what is market terms.

I know that Ernesto Puig is one of those reputable, reliable, honest & a nationwide broker for funds!

(not just financial independence)If you are looking to change careers here what you should look for:A job you will like (do the soul-searching time to get this one right, it is worth the time)A job that pays well (see MHI above)A job that is in demandTake at least two career quizzes that are big and reputable and find the jobs your personality type will enjoy (#1) that AVERAGE close to the MHI (#2), and then look at job sites and make sure that are NUMEROUS people looking for people in that career. (#3) You need to satisfy ALL THREE!!!

About the property: 230 doors, 2 pools, 2 club houses, 50% of property is direct golf course frontage, bad reputation in town for being run down, actually is run down and in need of renovation, currently running 22% vacancy as a result.What are we are currently planning:  Training personnel to upholding our business standards, renovating units at a rate of 8-10 days per (based on previous experience), changing the name, new signage, creating actual curb appeal through external paint and landscaping. 

Well California has a reputation for high state income taxes and Texas has...no state income taxes!