But I am permitted to conceal carry and it gives me piece of mind regardless if I'm in A properties or the rare occurrence I'm in a D class property.

ALL Investors, regardless of who you are working with, ALWAYS do your due diligence and ALWAYS suspect foul activity if you are ever asked to pay for something up front combined with other red flags!! 

These law firms have access to powerful tools such as a "writ of fieri facias" that allows you to grab personal property, "bills in equity" which allow you to sell their house, "wage garnishments" which let you reach their earnings, bank garnishments which let you reach their other assets, etc.Very rarely is a person truly judgment proof.

Everyone agreed it's one of the best articles ever written about turnkey investing.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/12/15/turnkey-real-estate/As for appreciation, it's happening in all the parts of town where their is convenience, redevelopment, expansion, high income, or a combination of those factors.Best of luck to you!

Multifamily in Minneapolis at or less than 100k is very rare and hard to find.

Getting rid of the commissions is rarely a deep enough discount to make these properties make sense.  

Example; "sell my house orlando"So, ideally you would want a domain something like; "sellmyhouseorlando.com"But...usually those are taken so you will want to find a sensible combination that also is keyword friendly.

My original plan was to get rid of my retirement accounts (I have $35K in an IRA and 401K combined), take the early distribution penalty and use that to invest.

Code Section 5.062(a)(2) states: "An option to purchase real property that includes or is combined or executed concurrently with a residential lease agreement, together with the lease, is considered an executory contract for conveyance of real property."

Combine that with GRM rule of thumb and it's indeed a way to buy and hold, as I prefer.