Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

I understand and agree with you the chain can get long and deal never close but this is not the case with this one as this deal only involves 4 parties.

I want to find an online program/course that will help me find a wfh job in tech (that’s not a software engineer) that involves real estate but I don’t know if that even exists. 

There are multiple options available for screening packages; tenant involvement/no tenant involvement, instant reports, hand-compiled reports, and even income verification.You can find further information by going to Tenant Screening under the Tools tab.Best of luck to you!

I probably understated the work involved though.

Sometimes there was still some cash involved but with others I simply took over the note. 

If it is pretty big, get the seller involved to pay the fine.

Anything that involves moving money has the inherent risk of theft.Dishonesty.

Never get involved in any type of deal where someone else has control of decisions and your cash.

Then, when attorneys get involved the situation destroys your entire world around you and now you are going down a very long road for recovery.