We both are drawn to either single family long term rentals, or STR's in the right locations.Right now we have $20k cash available for immediate investment, with the ability to increase that to $60-70k in the next 3 years through savings and bonuses at our day jobs.

If they do a bad job and sell you a property that doesn't perform, they already got their commission, so what recourse do you have against them?

We lost the equity piece of BRRRR, but we gained appreciation - something I did not see much in the earlier years.We work with the same contractors, we have standardized materials, we use the same vendors and SKUs for the most part - but still: if I am not on the job 3 times a week and check in on progress, quality and issues, things go sideways.Most of our OOS clients end up doing paint & carpet and will later say they are so glad they did not take on more! 

They do a good job. 

Book gives me the code HOWEVER when I text code to the shortcode number..................nothing happens plus when i go to the website link...............it is a dead link..............suggestions (Mainly interested in the mp3 download to listen to while driving) @Michael Sato

What would you suggest is the best course of treatment?

If there is any suggestions or tips on things i should be considering or doing as a first time landlord i would greatly appreciate any advice.

Any suggestions how I can take a credit card payment from this individual?  

We are living in an age of scams.....it's a full time job just being vigilant to all the crap going on....

I'm nervous because I've never had a business before and I still have a full-time job as a cloud solutions architect, which I'm really passionate about - so hopefully it won't be my golden handcuffs that may prevent me to thrive as an investor and  I'm excited because of all the benefits and freedoms being a business owner offers, one of which is to connect and collaborate with forums like this and people like all of you, where I can both learn from and hopefully share later as I develop more experience. :-)