Usually for first timers and low down buyers the underwriting is a little more simplistic than traditional buy/hold investors purely seeking yield. 

It had about 40 something people in there and and at least 36 of them was signing up... me,my wife, and a lady I met at the event walked out....pure scam

I am debating about the converting the existing old gutted building to either multifamily building (6 units each around 500 sqft small studio) or mix of 4 residential and 2 retail/restaurant conversion (the back side of the property has Big enough lot for outdoor dining or any other use cases.Any recommendations for use case of pure multifamily or mixed of multi family and retail?

From a pure liability standpoint, is there anything stopping you from QC'ing the rentals to your LLC?

. - ACH payments are received by investors on the 1st of every month, so participation in our fund is a purely passive investment vehicle that's open to accredited investors only (and like Patrick said above, accredited or not, anyone can purchase a note).As an added bonus, investors in our fund can redeem shares to purchase notes upon availability. 

This does also include my live revenue manager, which accounts for about $20,000 - so without her about $60k for pure software integrations.

It is purely people hoping/expecting that someone in the future will pay more than the current owner did.Pardon the hyperbole but:IBMCoca ColaMGMChaseDOW ChemicalWoolworthALCOAFord Being a big name did not make investing in NAZI Germany a smart or good move.Finally, can you tell me what Bitcoin is worth? 

Additional demand= 200.Based on a pure additional demand Cleburne looks like the better deal. 

Looking at pure spreadsheet math and common convention; if you pay down your mortgage you are effectively making that interest rate on your money. 

The STR, if purely an appreciation play,  is speculation to me.