See the attached maps of his/his related entity real estate investments (courtesy of The Wall Street Journal). 

Burlap on the wall, postage stamp rug for a large living room, hodgepodge of items around the house with no real theme.

You definitely need a summer house to get out of Vegas since it's just the surface of the sun in the summer. well having been in RE 50 years and been through 3 major RE value resets with the GFC the monster one..

In my area if you are putting up interior walls permit is not required.

The rental had ratty furniture, a record player prominently featured in the marketing but it had no speakers, missing basics items in the kitchen, lots of drunks in the concrete hallways that reverberated right into the bedroom at 2am, a strong odor of urine outside, and more.We have super hosts in this forum that have hundreds of 5-star reviews and are masters of the craft, but I look at their rentals and see they don't have any artwork on the walls, decor is basic, they do nothing to make the guest feel welcome, etc. 

I believe $1200 spread over 12 months for painting 2 rooms is a little high (i just paid $4k for painter to texture walls and paint (prime and paint) walls and ceilings in 1350’ unit), but not as outrageously high as some posts imply. 

Laundry room wall painted black is odd.

After he teamed up with a local intermediary in the Bay Area.. from what I read in the Wall Street Journal, Lockton has been helping investors streamline these moves.. he ended up freeing enough capital to invest in a mixed-use building in San Antonio that we’d been eyeing for a while.I’m no attorney or CPA, so I’m not giving legal or tax advice here, but there’s definitely something to be said for repositioning your insurance to fit your broader investment goals.

Doing so usually cracks the walls and can make door jambs out of alignment.

Basically, the money used in this type of financing comes from "Wall Street".