For commercial asset classes, local credit unions can often be an excellent resource for more complicated or unique property types. 

In most cases, neither is warranted.Warning: I am not an attorney, and this can be a complicated topic.

Their false promises, inefficient processes, and overly complicated application requirements have been a costly mistake.

Basically they were making these into more traditional transactions with a commission attached.To further complicate it, the NAR clear cooperation policy meant you couldn't share those off market any more without incurring a $500 fine, so they would basically end just going to market anyways in that case.

I agree and definitely think navigating the website and finding the "local meetups" has been over-complicated and frustrating.

Florida is a Judicial foreclosure state, so you'll have to go through the court system if you want to foreclosure.

Fund that flip is smaller, but also less investors, so at least the deals are not funded in just a few seconds.Both platforms suffer from some of the problems that pretty much all of the hard money loan platforms do: not enough volume for someone wanting to maintain a large portfolio, not enough conservative 65% LTV loans, too may loans and judicial only states (where it's extremely expensive and time-consuming if you need to foreclose which can cause losses), and single note risk (i.e not diversified).

The fact that you discovered concerning information about the male tenant's past after signing the lease complicates matters.

I’m just starting my RE journey so I know my taxes aren’t very complicated, but still I wanted to use a professional and invest in proper tax planning from the start.

I also stay away from judicial states since the foreclosure process can take a long time.