After receiving these funds, he and his partner has completely disappeared, leaving us with no communication or updates for over 2.5 years.

From contribution to getting communications and distributions. 

It gives him experience in public speaking, forming your own opinion and communicating with authority.

Who ever imagined robots that are advanced enough they can create their own language to communicate with each other?

What matters more is whether the borrower in question has the (i) time, (ii) contacts, (iii) experience, and (iv) ability to effectively communicate & package their loan request to banks & credit unions in a way that is compelling to those lenders. 

So you need some tangible experience + very quality deal + communication skills to present to the investors.

In 13 years of owning the townhouse I have never had any communication from the HOA board and no notifications re any annual meetings.

Overall, it sounds like this whole thing stemmed from a communication or integrity issue that occurred at the loan officer level.

Hey Aaron, any movement with KASA since we communicated how many months back? 

This includes handling inbound leads, communication with the prospective tenants, tenant screening/background checks, application processing, lease generation.Many PMs will charge 50% of your first month's rent or 100% of first month's rent for tenant placement.