As long as you are comfortable with the sponsor (Brian has a solid reputation) and the opportunity meets your criteria, then it is your decision to move forward with the investment.

Thinking about stepping outside my comfort zone and maybe doing out of state investing. 

If you’re comfortable with it, you could ask to extend the term beyond five years or potentially even adjust the interest rate for a longer payoff.

For awhile it seemed like only SLS and Pennymac were buying loans and I got comfortable with their platforms but now I’ve got Lakeview, Mr.Cooper, Flagstar in the mix all with different systems. 

You're going to do very well at your entry point Don.I'll add this while I'm here, @Zach Lemaster has gone out of his way to make my wife and I feel very comfortable with our decision.

I spent my entire summer doing maintenance and ensuring comfortability.

I'd consider doing some kind of cash out refi on the property at a number you're both comfortable pulling out, while still leaving $ for reserves to maintain the STR you currently have.

Although this is a long term investment and not in the main stream, it has added a certain level of comfort knowing the above potential investment risks are to a degree reduced.

We need to be able to communicate and work together on this.If you don’t feel comfortable sending me the email list directly, you can send a generic email to the whole group (like you used to send the monthly updates )and ask who wants to share their email and be part of the group email with other investors so that we can find solutions together. thank you

It will all depend what you feel comfortable in terms of budgeting and the type of repairs needed.