But, this fairly narrow niche gets a lot more attention than the boring, normal, old-fashioned way, because a "great deal" is needed to make a non-traditional investment strategy work.

Will be the same as any other lender really. just an "investment" product for conventional or a good old fashioned local bank commercial.

Bookkeepers and accountants are not musical artists, artists, authors etc where you can trademark/copywrite your work - all you do is put numbers the business owner gives you in an organized fashion. 

Well, I guess it works in a similar fashion. 

You could also just do some old-fashioned google exploring, and social media searching too.

PM's need to be fully staffed so they can handle all turn over and all maintenance issues in a timely fashion.  

Only way you could be held responsible, IN my non-expert opinion, is if the tenant gave you notice that the health of the tree was cause for concern, and you did not respond in a timely fashion.

Tuition would plummet, worthless degrees would cease to exist (because no sane lender is giving an 18 year old $100K to study "fashion design" if that student can declare bankruptcy), colleges would eliminate the focus on "experience" classes would be harder, tens or hundreds of thousands of administrative positions at colleges would be eliminated, and ROI would be carefully considered by students, parents, lenders, and colleges. 

How does the quality compare to the old fashioned tiled back splash? 

And they dehumanize it in same fashion.