You don't need to set up any other communication system (like google voice or another email address) to avoid sharing your personal contact information, you can do all of that within the app.

There are apps that do it all for you, like DealMachine.

As the bad apples make everyone look bad and be presumed guilty of malfeasance, which ultimately means less investment $$$ and longer due diligence cycles and legal costs. 

Currently I use an app called "meet up" and for some time, a lot of their events in my area are all done online.

They do have a very awesome app called Deal Driven which is an extremely awesome marketing - organizing - information and skip tracing tool.

So you're not really comparing apples to apples here.Also, most likely the syndication/crowdfunding deal you are comparing to is a completely different real-estate asset class than single family (i.e. probably multi-family,office, self storage,mobile home parks or something else).

Instead, they load the apps on the TV and let the guests log in with their own credentials.

Bottom line is they are worth more independantly than together as they are apples and oranges and tougher to sell when bundled together- when you do decide to sell.  

Yes, what others have said about GfH's customer service is right: it's challenging, but I'm grandfathered into pricing that makes it a tough sell to switch and with (still) 98% of their solution's capability available right in their mobile app it's still a compelling option for smaller portfolios.

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