Leave credit cards at home in the freezer in a bag filled with water that has frozen over....lolAmazes me how many people fall for these types of programs.When I buy NNN properties either my buyers wanting to own direct and I find the property or whether they are accredited LP investor on my syndication deals they learn with me while they INVEST CAPITAL to own fully themselves or a piece of the deal. 

If it’s empty, consider staging it with a few key pieces of furniture.

Mind you, it's never wrong to bring any piece of information to the table but it's a good things to help putting it into perspective.

There is no "secret" that the big boys are doing necessarily, just incremental pieces of information, relationships, and knowledge that have been built up over time at scale. 

My last piece of advice....take it or leave it....being a landlord with your friend is a very different experience than just living with them in a rental.

My 2 pieces of advice are: 1.call Proper insurance, they specialize in short term rental insurance, 2.

Here is one piece that is extremely important:If you have a low credit score, you need to find out why.

Offer the design team a piece of the equity OR pay a premium as incentive to keep to an established timeline (that is within their control). 

Figure that piece out before you put your money on the table.

Last piece of advice is to avoid shortcuts on the development phase in an effort to make up for the added carrying costs.