Maybe reach out to some local experts to see if they agree with your assumptions.

You do not need to be a certified appraiser to see the value a home has or could have if updated, but the training will help. 

Yeah run away from this, they’re making money on fees not on investments.I am not an expert on syndications but in general I’d look for some combination of the following fees/splits etc.Here you go: 1 percent management fee, 1 percent acquisition fee, 1 percent disposition fee. 65/35 split and at least 8 percent preferential return to investors.

I'm not an expert on PA law, but if the law says you must hold security deposits in an escrow account, then what do you really expect good advice to be?

@Michelle Marie Spearman I am no expert. 

The education and training that is structured from A-Z is highly expensive from many experts in REI.I understand in this field you have to put in the work and apply action to get results.

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Who you gonna get to certify that and how?

I am VA and 203k FHA and FannieMae renovation loans certified in all 50 states. 

There are experts (lawyers, accountants, investors) that can make a case for either route.