They simply did not desire to spend more time than it was worth to recover the money from Airbnb.

While I do maintain a relatively modest percentage of my assets in money market instruments, corporate debt funds, and high dividend stocks, I remain most comfortable with the investments I specialize in and know best.  

Donating money to large (FEMA, Red Cross), local organizations or Go Fund Me pages would be the quickest way.

@Tanner Davis If you want to pursue either a fix/flip or BRRRR strategy, it sounds like you might need to find a partner/investor that knows you well and believes enough in you as a person to invest money in a project. 

You also do not want to be too cheap and leave money on the table.If you do all of that you will be well on your way to being successful.  

Obviously the numbers need to make sense but I am all in favor of trying to purchase properties in more A class area with the loan since there will only be very few times you can buy multifamily in these neighborhoods with as little money out of pocket.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Instead of their cash sitting in a savings account, they decided it would be a better investment to earn 3% on their money instead of .03% in the bank.

But all it takes is one sour deal (investor loses a lot of money) for hindsight to kick in.You're right....who you work with matters.

For a BRRRR if you are using debt most people will use some sort of hard money to purchase and a construction loan to fund rehab (unless you use cash).