The average discount to net asset value is 36% (THEORETICALLY) I paid 64C for each $1.00 of assets); the average LTV utilized by the REITs I invested in is 30% (REITs with LTV above 50% are “suspect”) and my dividend yield on the total portfolio is just over 7%.  

I recommend you find a CPA that understands how to do taxes for real estate investors.Generally S-Corps are pass-through entities, so I suspect his losses could off-set your W2 income.  

If we used a VA, I suspect we could get it down to less than 0.25 hours/unit.  

Suspecting something was amiss, Minkow alerted federal authorities, who discovered the firm was a $300 million pyramid scheme.

Even $50k trapped and I have a 200% short term return from the value added above alone.if I have $0 invested, even a couple hundred a month of real cash flow (after properly allocating for all expenses including future cap ex) produces a great return.i suspect there is no bigger factor in the return than the value added and this is because the higher the value added, the less money gets trapped in the property.  

Second, I suspect the complaint filed by the estate alleges you either knew or should have known about the fraud. 

You might consider getting your RE license to immerse yourself in the business and provide income as I suspect the number of people who are able live off rental income especially early on is extremely low. 

I suspected these might not be legitimate, as a family of four would typically have enough emotional support from each other. 

While I suspect nothing is perfect and this is a valid concern, on the call they mentioned items to make it seem secure. 

Yes that is what I suspected and read .