Personally, I love them because they offer built-in diversification.In my experience, local banks are your best bet for financing mixed-use properties.

Personally, I'm very conservative, and I confine myself to sponsors that have a track record of at least one full real estate cycle with either little or no investor money lost.

@Preston Dean I personally like to make sure I have a set amount of reserves for each property to cover things, so if you have a pool of funds sitting aside personally I would just earmark a certain amount that you don't touch except for that property (or an emergency).

I cannot imagine anyone would finance chattel, meaning personal property. 

You could organize your own in-person event and market to your avatar. 

That is a great place to start, as well as hitting some local real estate investor meetups so you can meet some other house hackers in person who have done what you want to do.

Each person would pay $600 a month or even consider padsplit.

If there are changes you want to make then send your tenants official notice of those changes via in person delivery or certified and regular mail along with a copy of the new lease.

@Bryce Cutler I will look into it and would love to connect in person if you are attending! 

I learned this the hard way personally and had to get mine repaired.