He has rejected larger offers and suggested I invest $5,000 for an 8-12% stake in the venture.They uses a cost-free retail space and a reliable, but paid event venue and has 100 attendees weekly.

Tell her that you would need to see a year's worth of bank statements to prove the alimony payments were reliable, and since she can't provide that, then you have to deny her.And in the future, find any possible legal excuse you can to deny anyone going through a divorce or freshly divorced.  

-Charlie I have seen investors finding reliable contractors checking out and getting bids on Thumbtack

Seems like market research is the most reliable way to track this. 

Anyone have any recommendations for any of the following:-Local fix/flip mastermind groups or general real estate investing groups-Reputable hard money lenders with a good reputation - ideally one that has reliable contractor references-Fix/flip friendly contractors-Fix/flip friendly agent that has hyper-local market knowledge of North Dallas markets-Wholesalers worth talking to

HI Kev, we helped a lot of luxury STR investors this year utilize the accelerated deprecation tax incentive, I would actually suggest checking out the bigger pockets featured tax preparer section and sine it's likely a considerable reduction definitely not try and do it yourself..the investment in high quality reliable tax advice is essential to any investor tool kit. 

From that I was able to find a great realtor and a duo general contracting team that has been very reliable- chatting with them almost daily and doing a video walk through once a week. 

I wanted to know if there was any reliable in person seminars for real estate investmenting in Fairfield county Connecticut..any suggestions?

At the end of the 10 years you have to replace the whole unit, but how reliable is any unit after 10 years anyways?

In my market there has never been a time span of 12 years without increase and the 12 years was after the Great Recession.My belief is the reliability of each depends on the market.