I remember a specific legal case which required the investor/buyer to pay back a homeowner $100k's in their lost equity, as well as forfeit all the monies the investor put into the house repairing it etc., and their was probably additional restitution they had to pay as well. 

I am definitely looking to build my lender network as well.

I thought if I screened well like I did her properties, I would be ok.  

I would scour through these forums on the Arbitrage topics as you can gain more information from these forums alone than what you will be able to garner from a single course.

@Adam GottRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

If so, what strategy has worked well for you?

Next thing I know she’s inviting me to a local investor event on Wednesday and telling me for how new I am that I’m already doing really well and to just keep doing what I’m doing.

BiggerPockets has a section just for this, Under the BUILD YOUR TEAM tab- then select- MEET UPhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521Best of luck to you!

Glad to be here.I want to build a team for building a brrrr empire.

I made the mistake years ago as well.