So the conclusion I made was that they took the higher rent potential from the Temple University area property and matched it with the cost of a renovated property in the far less renting attractive area of Southwest Philadelphia.Again I did not intend to speak negatively of ABC Investments however the case study they present on their website is 100% misleading.

@Bobbe ErlingerWhy would it take a negative forum post by @Jimmy Chin to get someone to address his concerns?

The high property taxes , negative population growth all had me rule out Illinois as a potential place to buy an SFH as a rental property.But due to the slow pace and difficulties that comes with finding the right SFH investment in another state, I am having a rethink.

The investor receives an interest in the operating partnership in exchange for his or her contribution of the real estate and is now effectively part of the REIT.There are two (2) very big negatives with an upREIT. 

The above are just some general concepts.

Just FYI, I learned about the concept of Creative investing from an online lecture which can be found in the link below.

I like the concept of exchanging legal work for a portion of the deal as well.

After having over 220 eBay positive feedbacks and 0 negatives, they still did that.I use any chance I can get to tell people not to use Paypal!

If you register your LLC outside of Indiana you'll *probably have to register as a Foreign LLC in Indiana which will negate all of the advantages of registering in LLC friendly states.

We were curious... 1) Have you had any positive or negative experiences with any of the TurnKey companies listed above?