Also ironic that while although my instructor was well-educated and informative, she quickly mentioned how she has a degree in marketing.....interesting.  

I am fifty-eight years of age, have a bachelors  ( 4- year ) degree in Business Administration ( General Management ) from Western Kentucky University ,  Bowling Green , Kentucky .

We're in a fairly high-end area, though not to the degree of Orange County, and it's my experience that the custom builders can make as much or more by working with a client, with no risk, as opposed to splitting profit with an investor.

Jeff also now has the ability to sell his property (or any portion of it) without recording a deed in the county records, because he can sell his LLC.In Oklahoma, LLC's are cheap to form ($100), cheap to keep up ($25 a year) and don't require annual meetings like a corporation.  

And please keep in mind that your ability to sleep well at night and your quality of life might be worth more than making a few extra bucks.   

To be honest, I don't necessarily see myself going full-time into REI anytime soon (I feel that would be counter-intuitive to the time I've invested in a non-REI related degree), but I am set on doing it part-time (the 'ole 9-5 job + REI life) once I graduate.

With full service turnkey, the quality of the prop vetting and rehab directly impact's their ability to easily tenant and manage the property, so they are internally incentivized to do good work in a timely manner.

they are more interested in how the property will perform and its ability to pay the loan.  

I am about to separate from the Marine Corps and relocate to Clemson to finish out my degree.

This is often referred to as charging order protection because you want the sole remedy to be a charging order against your LLC and not for them to have the ability to step into your shoes as the owner and liquidate the assets.