The much larger group 1 is the people who are naive and due to their lack of knowledge, experience, and possibly limited capacity, get “suckered” by the scammers.The smaller group 2 are those that understand but don’t care if they’re part of an unethical undertaking as long as they make money themselves.  

Nobody cares about libertarian political philosophies like decentralization and peer-to-peer payments when they can't afford to buy groceries this week because the value of Bitcoin is moved 20% in 2 days.  

Here’s some insight based on my experience:Question A:Since you live in California, it’s important to know that California doesn’t care where your property is located.

Just wanted to add the MidAtlantic Summit convention @Dave Van Horn and his team hosted last year was top notch with the next one planned for October 2019. 

Just because Zillow estimates a lower value, doesn't mean people will offer lower than the list price.Also, be careful about the laws with the association and renters.

You can’t just rely on the voucher and guaranteed rent; you have to make sure the tenant will take care of your property.

U have to vette folks to make sure they take care of it and just dont sell it .. :)  So with what you have raised and if you want to continue raising money you could follow the same path I did..

As for your lease, I'd be careful with what you are doing there.

If any place has HOA/POA I would be very careful with those restrictions and talk to plenty of people including every board member before buying about their views on STR. 

Case and point today we spent 6 hours onboarding a new house in Kissimmee (outside orlando) whose prior cleaners did not care.