I personally think this is the direction booking sites need to go.

i'd pick a market close by, or that you have a personal connection to, or that you visit often.chasing cash flow by itself can lead to negative outcomes - for example, these investors bought in supposed "cash flow" markets:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...hope this helps.

I havent worked with him personally but have received a good referral for him.

Quote from @Michael Challenger: I have no qualms with hard money lending, but I need to learn more about the process and structure to these for typical deals so that I am more comfortable and in a position to reduce my personal risk and risk to investors as much as possible.

And you can't legally dictate how much they carry for personal belongings. 

I personally use Bnbcalc: https://bnbcalc.com/?

I don't have a solution but I think a real estate attorney or a title attorney would be a good person to talk to.

For ideological reasons I'm not personally into Cadre, but I will look into those crowdfunding platforms if my list of syndicators ever starts to seem thin.

Referrals from local investors on BiggerPockets can be a great resource. https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/agents@Mark Ainley sounds like a great person to link up with!

Plus, they’re known for personalized service.