It can still work in niche situations but I think it is a grind and you gamble time and money. 

I have a nearly perfect credit score and I'm gambling on that for my first project.

Then it was radio silence even from CCIA.Until a video of him circulated on the web (it is now removed).

On many of our web sites there will also be calculators to help you determine what your tax liability would be.There are a number of folks like us right here on BP who are qualified intermediaries. 

No experience with Fairmount, but after a quick web search, they don't look any different than any other DSCR lender... which means they aren't special.Are you working with a broker? 

Overall I would treat this investment as a high risk gamble and willing to accept loss if it failed but It's also a very interesting process to understand how the industry works.

Suggestion: reach out to anyone marketing a unit for rent on the web, sign or newspaper.  

(Cash flow is always a gamble.).

As for vTiger, I believe it’s free version is self-hosted, which means you need to have your own web hosting infrastructure and domain setup to take advantage of their open source option

It's not a line, it's a confusing (even for tax professionals) web of connected and contradicting rules.