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I only work with a select group of DST and TIC sponsors who have long experience, good track records and have the investors' benefit front of mind.  

However It is not going to be very effective for tracking leads.

My wife and I have a small start-up wholesaling company with very effective (surprisingly effective-to be honest) marketing that allows us to get some great deals all over Los Angeles county.

Therefore, I feel as though this first deal is a huge obstacle to overcome, but once I do the snowball effect will take place, hopefully.

Do you have any advice about how someone should go about selecting a coaching program?

I HATE debt but that mindset enabled me to build an extremely high score that, ironically, I now use to leverage my credit cards for real estate (this is something I do and wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone as you have to be extremely disciplined to do this effectively).   

I even write my own very effective 3 page hand written yellow letters...and have done a few for a couple other wholesalers :) I have to say I love everything about REI and writing my own ebooks about topics pertaining to real estate...

My first eviction was in a different property in Indiana, not Houston almost 2 years ago.Tenant selection is not easy when using a property manager who controls the applications.  

I will always select the most highly qualified tenant that meets my written screening criteria.