You’ll find plenty of friendly, knowledgeable people willing to respond to your posts.

We work with people in your shoes all the time. 

Well, this my opinion, if you like unpredictability, constant change and people/contractors with no regards to you or your property then "YES" flips and STRs are the way to go...LOL....I love it!!! 

I wanted to see what other people were using to set up their security deposit accounts? 

He is going to need care, and people like that require a lot.

if you buy a random property on Zillow and turn it over to people you have never met, you will very likely lose money, get frustrated, and set yourself back.if you're serious i'd pick a market and plan on making several trips there. 

Unless it's cost-prohibitive, I'd remove it for the same reasons people have stated: 1.

Beautiful thing about RE is there is plenty of people out there and you can find the right fir for what you need as the seller

Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Charlene Kingsnorth have you had an sec attorney also review what you are doing as if you're are having multiple people as part of a loan participating in it depending on the state this could get you in hot water - so be careful  good point Chris some state allow fractionalized deed of Trust mortgages other do not or require PPM like documents prior to offering them..

Maybe, but so far the reports are about neighborhoods where people have real money.