I used them in November and got some bad results.  

I'm creating my cash buyer list and noticed they each gave me different results?

What will that money buy in the same area, in terms of options for producing cash flow?  

On the last two statements, he's hasn't sent out the full amount of my draw-- resulting in him owing me $700+ in the past two months, discrepancies on both statements and no response as to why this is. 

The branding in particular would be done in the content that I produced to advertise the open rooms along with physical branding on the outside of each house (ie distinctive color accents and perhaps even an led sign).

No...that was a result not an initial cause.  

If you want to buy and hold, and you aren't finding satisfactory properties in your price range that will produce sufficient cash flow, go East and perhaps a bit North too.

We use them to pull credit and whatnot.My first guess, and it's 100% A GUESS, would be that a credit report contained something inaccurate, leading to someone issuing a loan they otherwise wouldn't have, which in turn resulted in corelogic being sued, which in turn resulted in a settlement that involved them covering the prop taxes.Again, 100% a guess.

I'd consider 9% a better-than-average deal, all other things being equal (which of course they never are in real estate :)And again, this is based on MLS deals where the competition of the open market tends to result in higher prices and thus lower cap rates.

I have seen that play over and over in these D class areas of the country... its a specialty and a skill to own and manage them and get them to actually produce income.. with 14 doors in one spot in a D class area you will probably have one eviction going at ALL times .. so think it through there is a reason these properties end up like this.. and many times its not the owner its the demographic and tenant base that is basically unmanageable.If the above is something you can do.. then it seems like a pretty decent deal. what I did in the 80's when RE was dog tough.. 18% interest rates..