You just found one of a million random internet real estate related scams.If they advertised on amazon.com or something, go ahead and report them....I am illiterate please disregard this post.

Getting a legal contract from strangers on the internet is a great way to find yourself in court or raked over the coals by an unscrupulous customer.

I see a lot of successful people on the internet that say they didn’t need any money to begin their crusade in RE investing, but what if they started off with 40k?

If you can't find a single property for rent I think you need to scour the internet a bit more. 

My biggest piece of advice is don't take advice on 200k from the internet lol.

And you may want to go with a wired system (with a lot of the wireless systems, if the internet goes down, then the wireless security system does as well).

. $5,000 is certainly punitive but an off market deal for me happens with phone calls and relationships, not blasting it over the internet.

@Edwin Campos I started investing before the internet had good content.

You can google it to find a bunch of articles on this.In MLS, agents CAN choose NOT to publish a listing to the IDX, so it would not go on the internet. 

@Sarah Mcdermott Consult with an attorney.I don't mean to be frank or abrupt, but the answer to your problem won't show up on an internet forum.