Did you actually look at these properties in person? 

It is extremely hard for the average person to afford a standard home, car, and investment property without any debt.

Come by REI Central some time if you want to meet other investors in person.

The group meetings are a little more personal than the REIA.

can you visit them in person? 

I personally hate the plastic shower walls where they come in several pieces, like one piece for each wall.

It's tough for me to answer on a learning curve question I went to high school for architecture and college for construction management and I've never personally flipped a house, although I know how to budget and schedule it.

I probably will not renew with this person.2.

If that person want profit from each deal going along, you can make agreement with each deal you are doing. 

The person who owned it before me filed an affidavit of correction for a mortgage he had on the property and referenced an instrument number that had the wrong legal description.