There's no easy way other than to lawyer up and/or take them to small claims court for fraud. 

Please, contact us if you have any questions about working with your lender,Building your team is the next critical step, you'll need a CPA, lawyer, lender, broker, property inspector, property manager, and possibly a general contractor.

I know I can do this on my own without a title company or lawyer, though I will use a lawyer for about $150 to prepare the deed.

Can anyone recommend a Denver-area real estate lawyer who could work with me for a reasonable price, or another approach that would be better?

For these duplexes I found the deal, the real estate agent, the financing, insurance, the lawyer and setup the LLC banking so I feel I did more than 50% of the work.

Another advantage of Engineering is it usually leads to a good paying entry level job, so you will have more income to invest in Real Estate.In terms of Law, I doubt getting a JD would be productive - unless you want to be a Real Estate lawyer. 

(And yes, obviously we will see a lawyer to put together all of the legal agreements and everything, but we are just talking about the high level structure at this point)Thank you!

Save your valuable time for putting together deals and growing your business.I recommend getting a PM, great RE accountant, have PM send over reports monthly to the accountant, and get a great lawyer.

Changed lawyers throughout the process cause the lawyer I picked was not it.

It's important you -- and moreover, your realtor -- know them in an out.Important disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer; this isn't legal advice; consult an attorney before pursuing any action related to what's discussed here.All the best,Jon