Your personal loan has a 5 year balloon period.  

Our short-term residential investment property loans are typically 60-80% LTV and all are personally guaranteed by the borrower(s) -- we pull credit, background and PFS on each guarantor, verify experience, verify liquidity, underwrite the property, neighborhood and zip code.

The northland MAREI meeting and the main monthly meeting at MAREI have a minimal fee, or for $99 a year you can attend all of them for no extra charge - northland is in person, the main meeting is still online, both are great ways to connect and learn. 

This is basically a math problem that will depend on both you personal finances & also how much of this is an investment vs you want a nice house to live in4.

They're long distance typically so viewing the space in person isn't usually a priority, and this saves you time from having to drive over and schedule facetime tours :)

They prioritize personal development.

You are going to send your wife to personally unclog that toilet.

CPAs generally have more knowledge about general accounting but it is ultimately up to the individual person to take it a step farther to get more specialized.

You could give them a thousand bad reviews, if they are the only person in town offering a specific type of product, people will still do business with them.

Personally I would pass but if you go forward I would do a lot of research on the group you are renting to and get a very large security deposit to cover damage.