(just keeping it real).Is the company solid and not just showing "fluff"?

It would  be  solid  for  a  first deal to offset cost.

I will have to have more evidence of a weaker economy before I make a recession call, though.

Spend the money, understand the nuances that are not evident to you but that your attorney will explain, and then do it yourself in the future. 

Looking at your SEMrush.com stats, I don't see any evidence of organic or paid traffic coming to realestatecpr.com: https://www.semrush.com/info/realestatecpr.com

JonicaIf you are willing to part with 30k to learn real estate investing, I would take that money and use it as down payments on 2 solid Texas properties near you. 

do what all normal people do - teach him a lesson by posting evidence of his slum lording on social media. that will teach him! 

From what I have found, there are some good ones out there, but you have to be ready to deliver if they send you a solid deal. 

We found enough evidence to realize the children were misbehaving and terribly destructive.

At no time in the debate to allow this fee has anyone from the property management industry and their trade group, Community Association Institute (CAI), offered evidence of what these unreimbursed expenses were to warrant any fee let alone fees averaging $350+.