BotG can notify that investor that several kids were recently caught in the crossfire of rival gangs a few blocks from where the white people are gleefully spending their cash at chain retail establishments.

If you want a high level of asset protection, there's very little that rivals the Anonymous Land Trust paired with the Series LLC. 

There are very few places on the continent that rival Vancouver for real estate prices these days ... it's the apex of silly.There are a few places in Canada where you can still make a reasonable return, but those deals are becoming scarce.

Banks could not charge more than 10%, such laws have been changing with the SAFE Act/Dodd-Frank bitter pill taken by institutions and have been modified allowing higher rates for such lenders. 

Some parts of pueblo rival Denver and Colorado Springs for beauty of homes and safety (albeit it's a limited pocket!)

@Barry Je I would strongly consider the following markets for Airbnb/VRBO:WA: Leavenworth, Highway 2 corridor, Walla WallaOregon: BendWaterfront is nice but the price premium tends to make it a bitter harder to get good AirBnb cash flow - since you mentioned that you're looking to cover expenses, not generate income, this may not be a big issue though.Good luck and message me to talk about Airbnb anytime!

. ;-) LolSardonic:adjective"characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin."

Realogy Brokerage Group, the own-brokerage arm of Realogy, has slightly more than 50,000 agents.Agent count in the multi-hundreds of thousands would rival even the countries largest holding companies like Realogy and Keller Williams.virBELA is in a completely different category class that's taken off like a rocket since the pandemic.

As hard as that may be to hear, your friends are more than likely bitter about the fact that your committed to grow and take action when they are not.