Don’t go to the typical insurance agencies that advertise on tv.

Chris I think we are talking apples and Oranges here. the company that the OP is talking about is originating their own loans and it appears in CA based. and is running under a CA RE broker's license (just like I did/do when I did HML in CA).And again, I suspect what's happening is the company will have a loan for sale Just like Peer st. 

Remember how we used to have a TV and radio repair shop in town?

I don't even have a TV by choice. 

We are getting an Apple HQ over the next few years so you'll see continued job and wage growth.I also work with a handful of out-state-investors in both the Raleigh/Durham and Greensboro markets on purchasing rental properties with great success to take advantage of the aforementioned appreciation, great ROI on rental rates, and continued rent growth with the limited housing inventory and incredible demand.You can't go wrong buying in this market especially with the amount of capital you have and what I can only assume to be a strong DTI based on your original post.

I enjoy watching that instead of much of the other crap that’s on tv.

Instead, ViaSat seems one (or perhaps the only) satellite internet provider and from what I can tell, they have serious data cap rates on their high-speed data (even with their platinum plan)Does anyone have experience with ViaSat (or alternatives) and can provide insight on how viable this is for STR properties (we fortunately plan on cable TV with DIRECTV via AT&T)?

A year ago we got into STR rentals and overall it has been fine, but the sheer number of guests means there are some bad apples.

What is your TV/entertainment setup? 

Your getting the referral to save time of weeding out the bad apples so I gladly paid for the architects contact info.