Obviously tough to give advice based on minimal info and no info on your personal situation.

I'm never going to use your website because I already have personal relationships with people doing that work.

You’re still going to be personally sued when something goes wrong. 

This is my first personal mortgage so I'm trying to learn the game.

Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?

I personally don't like getting a lot of automated messages when I rent a STR, I'd rather have some more personal contact.....

It also gives you multiple work surfaces so you can have more than one person in the kitchen without getting in each others' way.

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

A more realistic expectation is 24 hours which will ensure we can arrange any repairs or corrections with a team, handle it in person, etc. be curious how this plays out as I worked for local developer for a while and developed several properties in Alexandria (Specifically old town) and while the city is challenging like any city - they were mostly realistic.

This person did not raise any money, they invested around $600,000 into the offering and because they were one of the larger investors were considered a Co-GP because it was a new sponsor and they needed this persons $.