That's equivalent to owning 96 doors and making $100/door for 13 years. 

You'll lose money.It would be equivalent to me trying to run  a small multifamily from here based in Inglewood or the poorest neighborhoods in Pomona.

“the Robinhood/Acorns/Betterment of residential real estate”.Our value proposition to landlords is mainly:i) You can liquidate part of your property at any time, thus accessing capital otherwise ‘trapped’ in your property which you can then spend however you like, including rolling into purchasing your next investment propertyFor example: sell 10% of 400k property for 40k cashii) Not only can you get liquidity, you can proportionately liquidate your property for an equivalent above market rates, as investors are willing to pay a premium for access and liquidity.For example: sell 10% of your 400k property for 45k (not 40k)This obviously creates complications - especially around rental yields and expenses, so we are looking for opinions and feedback from landlords like yourselves on the below: If you retained full rental income but also fully covered all expenses as if you were 100% owner, is the option to partially liquidate your property generally appealing (point i above)?

The argument is that the implicit income (calculated as the rental equivalence) is tax free.

So that equivalent to $500 a month a piece, so my landlord was getting $6,000 from us every four months so about $1500 a month.

Also, use Docusign or equivalent - I'm busy and don't have time to dilly dally around meeting up in person to sign every single form and disclaimer that pops up.

As painful as it may be to outlay cash to people who are taking advantage of you, from a cost and a life perspective, would it be easier to just offer them the equivalent of 1 or 2 months rent and be rid of them?

We have lived rent free that whole time, currently equivalent to about $40k/yr in rent, and now have around $100k cashflow before non-routine maintenance and repairs on a rent roll of over $200k, with a net worth of around $4m.Number of doors is not everything.

Ultimately, my goal with real estate as opposed to my other investments, is to create another income stream in retirement by paying of the property and receiving the monthly income.I guess my fundamental question is, are investments through something like fundrise basically the equivalent of purchasing real estate in a group?

I do like our month-to-month leases on occasion but it's so much more simple to do the standard annual lease and 1 month equivalent security deposit.