Have any advice?

Luckily where I live there is rarely ever any need for AC or heater use).

Utah County is 8 years on average younger than Salt Lake County, Demographics are more important than any other factor in real estate investing.2.

Being around a college campus brings stability that there will always be renters.

The contract says buyer will inspect, but not make seller repair any defects.

There are some scammers, you are right, however I wouldn't say 95% are scammers.

Quote from @Pablo Avila: There are plenty including myself!

VG  when you talk about NOTE FUNDS are you talking about Note Funds that buy or originate notes secured by real Estate or are there other funds that do the same model of raising money on unsecured Notes ?  

I used Smarter Contact last year, and there is big issue they need to fix.

So there are a few ways to get 'er done.