You can pay your child out of the property if they do legitimate work on the property.

Without honest, accurate numbers...it won't work...but if you do get legitimate prices you will be good to go.

Maybe, just contact a legitimate STR property management company, with references, and explore you options.

Ask them, "Who are the wholesalers you work with that always bring clean, legitimate deals to the table?"

It brings in non-dilutive capital, gives operators the ability to act quickly without issuing a capital call, and helps stabilize the asset more effectively.When structured properly, this strategy enables all classes of capital—debt and equity alike—to perform better.The Bottom LinePromissory note funds aren’t a last resort.

But education starts somewhere, and basic analysis and due diligence will enable the investor to avoid the worst investments.  

You seem to demonize the lease option strategy while it is a legitimate strategy since probably before you were born.

Now, when your clients need you the most to advocate for us & give us confidence & direction, there is no legitimate transparency.

Then another.The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records.

In terms of what you paid, if it was a normal and legitimate company it's hard to say.