If you do crowdfunding (Reg CF) you cannot host yourself.If you are doing a Reg D then I would use appfolio investment management or junipersquare or something like that (There are many of them and many on BP who provide them, I just named those two as we use appfolio and JS is well known)Your best raise is coming from you and meeting investors, no one raises money better than the sponsor.

If the house is older than 15 years old and n ADU is added, it can become rent controlled.

For instance, your bathroom picture is so close up that it looks even smaller than it probably is.

The Property Manager usually does light cleaning and repairs between tenants.Recommendations or another way to think about this? 

Most will not do 100% loan-to-value so plan on something less than that for the loan amount.2.

The tenants were more interested in that than turning on the already-installed alarm system because there was no monthly cost.

No way is this a scheme to keep EM for the seller..Anytime I have had EMD disputes it usually gets solved with a 50 50 split since I know what will happen.. what happens is exactly as you describe.. money is to small to realistically hire an attorney to collect..

I hope I hit a home run on that rather than striking out!

Speaking from hands on experience on both platforms as I've worked with both Carrot and Wordpress sites (more than 400 sites so far since 2017), what carrot brings into the table is their simple, all in one, fast website platform.

That real-world experience, built on trust and actual deals, was infinitely more valuable than any high-ticket coaching package.