They do not do anything you cannot do on your own for cheaper, but they do a good job managing the whole process and keeping it organized. 

Because I have reduced my expenses to less than 500 a month, and enjoy a more frugal lifestyle as it is, I am content pooling all available income to real estate, in order to accelerate this process. 

We did buy it with an agent, but I am not really sure it was needed, as we navigated the process ourselves for the most part. 

Are there any guidelines for situations like this where the tenants would need to stay somewhere else while the renovation is in process?

Generally speaking, my primary interest is in BRRRR or fix and flip, and I verrry much want to be in the trenches on reno and commit my time to the process fully. 

Our last email from Alan confirmed our suspicions that we were getting jerked around by him admitting that it was his fault that the refund process was dragging on because he ‘knew what was in our best interest to do’ and that was for us to relaunch the program instead of giving us a refund.

How do you think this legal process will conclude?

I have a great network to get you started and would be happy to help you along the process. 

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provides support for the property tax appeals process.

We have processes in place to free up alot of my time and automate so while I won't be stepping away completely I'll have time to pursue other things.