If you already own shopping centers and apartments, have highlights of your performance.  

Better to own a smaller percentage of projects that perform well than own greater percentages of projects that perform poorly with added stress. 

Yes, I think that will be the best bet.

Your best bet is to get a lawyer. 

If we built a spreadsheet of the overall responses from the Mafia and how many were veiled attempts at business, I would bet it is close to 80 percent.I know I am not the only one annoyed every day, so please post your thoughts here so BiggerPockets can review them.I do know someone who bought multiple properties with a former Mafia member and the properties are still performing so this isn't a referenda on how good the agents are.

Buying in an HOA especially at that price point that will prove to be a good performing asset will be very difficult.I curate a weekly list of the best performing STR properties in the Tampa Bay area - DM me if you would like me to add you to the list.  

You take the "free" proceeds from the worst-performing properties or ones in need to the most work and invest them into better properties.

For $250 minimums, and only $9mm of GAV, probably not really too much concern.If their platform starts growing exponentially, I would be concerned about their focus to make sure you investments continue performing when they are likely to be very distracted by SEC investigators.  

Once you start thinking about how properties will perform in year 5 or 6, you can start thinking of your initial financing as more of a bridge to secure the asset, which allows you keep growing. 

Jesus only mentioned tithing to illustrate how hypocritical the Pharisees were but you can bet most preachers won’t preach it that  way .just like when you hear of the parable of the “ widows mite” preachers are quick to say it’s an example how we should do sacrificial giving down to the penny  like the old widow did when it was actually when understood in context as another example of Christ calling out the Pharisees and how they extort people !