It is not like most paid mentorships I have heard of where it is a one-time pre-recorded web course then a meeting or two per month and thats it, it is a true community.

I was hesitant about joining the group because I've never had good luck with forums and web groups.  

A third friend of mine was looking on the web and saw some "deals" in Cape Coral. 

And behind the umbrella policy can be a complex web of corporations, LLCs, and trusts to protect you.Asset protection can get very complicated.

Dust and spider web all over the place, kitchen and oven was disgusting, somebody did their business in the toilet and it was still marks.

I’m not sure if I can post a direct link but if you search the web for RI Real Estate Investor Group it should come right up.

However, due to it being:1) In the state of California2) A shared home, rather than an outright external property being rented...the default insurance company on offer advised that many carriers are pulling out of CA and that I should go to a local insurance agency.My current insurance for home policy does not offer a "home-sharing endorsement" but only a separate renter's insurance, which would complicate things, since it's for traveling professionals, and they're not going to be booking for 12 straight months.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/921/topics/1106022-webs...

Do you offer the tool or set of tools to external parties or just something you use internally.

Another alternative is to buy another house hack type property, but instead of renting rooms, why don't you purchase a 2-4 unit property or a house with carriage house, that way, you can still invest and it isn't as risking or requiring external capital partners besides finding a lender.