Hi Jewell,How long ago did you buy your first rental and what's the condition?

For example, it could be in an undesirable or unsafe location, overpriced relative to the market, managed by a property manager or landlord of poor repute, or be substandard in quality.Nonetheless, if you’re more confident about investing in Chattanooga, there’s no problem with that either—it’s a solid market.

Not only can who you work with impact your bottom line tax-wise, but you want to make sure you work with a reputable firm. 

You build a solid reputation as a deal closer, vs someone who bails when their portion of the deal doesn't work out. 

I would start with maybe 300k and buy a house for LTR in a nice location, Get a  reputed PM who can rent out, attend REI meetings and meet similar wealthy individuals and get the cue from them  ..but that is just my thought

Licensing --- Most reputable lenders regardless of whether they only do private money loans or not will have some sort of licensing 2.

I am looking to educate myself on the eviction process and find legal help that is reputable and experienced with this process. 

Because of all these opinions on BP "wholesaling" has a horrible reputation.

Once you have vetted out some reputable sponsors, you can then look at the deal itself. 

If all their work was inspected and they got certificate of occupancy, I'd check your purchase contracts. they have subcontractors that should have workmanship warranties. we let the customer's contact them directly and let them know up front what to expect and what a 1 year workmanship warranty is. we don't do the drywall we hire reputable companies who do drywall and they are the ones who guarantee their bid. what market is this in?