I know he is your brother, but that's a quick way for a bad Thanksgiving dinner when you disagree about something and don't have an operating agreement to help you resolve the issue.

If you're ever looking for assistance, I have owned and operated multiple sober living programs for about 6 years now and also have been in the investor/landlord position.

Find a good property being totally mismanaged - offer to purchase 60% and take operational control selling your property management expertise and future profitability, providing property owner/seller with enough cash to pay off his pressing debts keeping current loan in place. 

Narrow down to one then build your core four of a realtor, lender, property manager, and contractors.

The feedback I have seen and gotten more often than not is to form an entity in the state where you are operating.  

I'm based in the Tampa area, and my business operates in South Florida.

For a business plan, you'll want to include sections like your business model, market analysis, financial projections, and operational plans.

I’m starting with just 1 listing but plan to recruit neighbors in my beach market to list on my custom website tailored to our community / market so I hope to be at 10+ listings soon even though I only own & operate 1 right now.Guesty’s pricing did not appear to be competitive and for someone starting with fewer than 4 units but planning to scale up behind that, Guesty does not offer a migration path from their “for hosts” product to their “for pros” version - it would have been a complete redo on setting everything up.

He's a guy looking for help from experienced MTR operators, and a few of us responded.

The Flock only operates portfolio of SFR.