Fingers crossed the sprinkler company comes out tomorrow to help me get it back online so our staff can go off firewatch.I think I'm (or maybe I'm not) a relative enigma to some in this field as I had no prior experience in this field other than seeking out others in this business and learning a lot from my wife who's worked at the ground level in the industry. 

The two I took prepaid rent from were legitimate and I had no problems.

When we did tour properties, he had no insights on them whatsoever.

The mail boxes were already existing, so I had no need to do a replacement.

It's been 4 years and I've had no issues with buying and rehabbing rental properties. 

I had no issues acting as the buyers agent and still get paid the 3% as buyer's agent.

With the properties we got from Memphis Invest, I've had no issues, and it has been more passive than I had initially anticipated.You are welcome to PM me, if you would like further details about my experience.

However, I was shocked to see several dozen people sign up that had no experience whatsoever in real estate.  

I understood at the time that the inspectors had no liability based on NC law.

Of course initially they said, we are just getting the part, and I had no idea how long it would draw out.