@David Lecko: I appreciate your dealing directly with these "complaints" Personally, I find it to be a very useful tool for the purposes I use it.

We have a Chicago general contracting business, and handling the field operations is a ridiculously heavy lift.As far as finding customers I think you'll have some good success with gorillia marking at some of the local investor meetups. 

I'm a Project Manager at an Architectural Firm specializing in Custom High-End Homes. 

Is your $15k even enough of an emergency fund for you personally?  

The setup felt like a personal connection all in pursuit of getting your business.  90% of it was done by AI and the other 10% came when a live rep was available.

Personally, I love working with distressed properties, especially foreclosures.

I would never own rental properties in my personal name.

A syndication was way overkill because there were only 5 capital partners so they customized an operating agreement with their attorney that outlined roles and responsibilities, distributions, membership interests, etc.And you don't have to have all this stuff figured out right now; it's very customary for us to assign the contract to whatever customized entity we end up forming.Just one caveat. 

what kind of investment was/is this  a little more detail may protect others if you think this person is a financial predator.  

I do not know how they are handling new customers verse the Midland existing customers.Regarding the customer service it seems the people I dealt with are still employed and only my "personal rep" as it were, was promoted and another took her place.