This is an extremely unusual practice, never seen this in 15 years of my investing career.

I'm extremely risk averse by nature so this community has really been special for me.

Your background in finance will serve you extremely well as you dive into real estate investing.

Even when the company offers to back it with a full study if audited-the auditors are extremely aggressive on that study because it's kind of a  tainted the whole batch situation. 

I would love your 2 cents on this.In my area, Tax Deed auctions are extremely saturated.

I know that for here, we have more handyman services popping up that you can go through.Moving forward, I'd definitely try to find some more people that are extremely reliable, as well as contractors that can help with bigger renovations so you are better prepared later on in the future.

Wake county is an excellent market as a whole and its investment-property sector may be extremely competitive, but is well worth the effort. 

Campus housing has been under tremendous headwinds for the last 4 years.These properties were sold with extremely aggressively optimistic projections, as well as a price that represented a significant premium to fair market value.So sorry to hear about your investment.

If you do not have experience with that, it might be wise to approach with extreme caution or avoid altogether. 

Living in a home you are renovating while balancing a full time job in mortgage lending is extremely challenging.