By connecting with agencies who work with those who are trafficked, such as Salvation Army Central Ohio, she found out that the biggest need was housing: a safe place for survivors to go after being trafficked."

Be very careful w private real estate syndications, some great ones, some really not great ones, and takes years of investing experience/understanding debt/property management/taxation rules etc before you should safely go that route, but then they can be awesome as they give high yields w passivity, the Holy Grail of RE investing :)you are on the right path, and RE far less complicated than the Krebs Cycle too :)

It is your responsibility to ensure that your property is safe for guests.

My recommendation is to choose cities in safe and economically diversified areas with above-average income and population growth.

Focus on being sure they feel safe in the unit and in the neighborhood.

Safe long term rentals is the goal  

I would talk to a 1031 Intermediary and or a CPA to ask what their recommendations would be on the safe side.

We launched out Land flip funding last year and that has gone VERY well .. to the point if it brought enough volume safely I would back off doing the BRRR stuff as that is such high demand staff time etc etc..

Even if the appraisal comes out higher, I don't think I plan to borrow more than $1.1M just to be on the safe side.

You can get very safe CDs paying a little over 5% right now.