Agreed - wish the BP functionality was better on the events stuff - also would check out Meetup, facebook, eventbrite too

Once I get them in contract, then put together a presentation and start going to events to talk about the deal and ask other investors to invest in you. 

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

This is not really news or current events that would be of interest to most RE investors.  

There will always be demand in the market (it's not like some covid markets that could disappear as vacation destinations almost entirely over the next decade), and the regulation risk is as near to zero as you can get in this industry so long as you buy in the approved tourist zones (again, compared to some smaller/less mature markets where they could outlaw STRs tomorrow).For short period cash flow there are better options. 

I found one of my partners in Atlanta at a real estate event in Dallas.

Some may say… this is too much work… or too difficult to do…  Well, if you don’t like this type of work or industry… simply don’t do it. 

I've been around the tech industry since the mid-1990's so when Bitcoin first started to gain a little traction I had a lot of tech friends who would try to evangelize to me about it.  

Not much industry for decent jobs.

It is the most popular software in the industry, and most Tax Preparers are familiar with it, which makes tax season easier.My Recommendation: Spreadsheets are usually fine for your first 1-3 properties. 3+ properties, you should use a software.