The only annoying part about the whole thing was the need to get physical documents notarized, which seems a bit old fashioned when the rest of the process is so high-tech.

You can check track records but you have very little opportunity to get to know the sponsors, talk to them and gain confidence, trust and learn your criteria.Understand experienced sponsors of apt deals like to work in more subtle fashion on the BP site and build relationships which is the right way to go.  

They don't typically publish their reserve price, and each auction seems to set it in somewhat in this fashion.  

If you proceeded in this fashion, the solo 401(k) can obtain a non-recourse loan and it will not subject the solo 401k to UDFI. 

We've been called too conservative and old fashioned by other investors, but we've never been caught short by un-anticipated vacancy issues in the past, and always have vacancy rates much less than our own estimates.

I wonder how these laws will apply as b&m become less fashionable and online becomes everything.

It also blurs the line between education and training while missing the "point" of a undergraduate degree, which is to teach people how to learn, think, and communicate in an organized and coherent fashion. 

Fast forward to today and I hear that Sicily's main town Palermo and Catania have become fashionable destinations.

But what do I know, I’m certainly a fashion-backwards guy...

I'm not anti STR at all, it just needs to be done in a reasonable fashion that takes into account other considerations besides the property owner's profit.