If it did, I would go on linkedin and see what experience they had (for example that apple... company in TX had asset managers who were overseas VA's  - curious how many of those investors knew that and could have spotted a thirty second search would have created a red flag).5.

Hey everybody anybody know of a free spread sheet for numbers(apple) or open office?

Ask them all the same questions, allowing you to compare apples to apples.

Looking over the spreadsheet, it seems a little difficult to compare as it seems like it takes an apples to apples comparison where it assumes that if I did not buy a say, $1.5M multifamily, I would be paying 1% of that amount in rent if I kept renting.

Quote from @Stuart Udis: @Jonathan Greene But where else can I purchase my 1% rule properties with booming industries at the forefront of tech, life sciences, great universities and aren’t their rumors  that Amazon, Tesla and Apple are all relocating their HQ’s to Columbus by 2030?

Its a magnet for grifters and fools, and the "investing" equivilent of going to that crummy casino in National Lampoons Vegas Vacation (?)

Helping the space create some norms and baselines will make the bad apples start to stink a lot sooner.Every industry's association from cleaners to Community Associations has some sort of certification or accreditation program for their members.

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

You'll need to compare apples to apples. 40k seems like a low number to design, furnish and amenitize a competitive short term rental projected to do $100k. 

Raising money was like picking apples and investors don’t careInvestors need to be more diligent going forward if they want to truly understand their risk