Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or accountant.

I am not a lawyer and this is not a legal advice, but it sounds like you should consider talking to a lawyer about this.

Get a lawyer to draft new documents 

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?

I hear the call of 500k of immigrants coming to canada.

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.