@Mark Silberman frankly I'm a bit surprised you haven't already laid out a plan with your CPA.

Basically, when you go the TK route, you're paying someone else to do all the legwork- the weeks and months of property research, getting inspections, doing rehab, handling unexpected issues, marketing the prop and vetting tenants.

We got there and the instructors were almost surprised to see us there, we stepped into a room and they directed us to a different room because they "thought nobody was going to show up"..

Do not be surprised if you need to call 200 banks to find what you are looking for.  

Because I'm surprised they wouldn't touch on that.

You would be surprised how often a vendor will bill you without doing the work.

If during the inspection I find it was as advertised, no surprises, I don't try to renegotiate. 

I have never sold a house before so I was a little surprised to get an estimate from my agent that it would cost me upwards of 8% ($17k) to sell the home.

Hence no city lien surprises.

Seller has no integrity and chances are there will be other surprises you will find if you purchase home