The class instructor did show us various creative financing methods, but most of the time was spent trying to hype people up to become better people and help other people out of a foreclosure situation.

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Generally speaking, the Keurig style are the best and easiest for a STR.

Looks like your usual method to pay people and make them sign NDA is not really working.

Someone will reach out to you. split direct mail cost with the best, pursue other marketing methods with the person.

Also, do you have any idea what you'd like to do in terms of the method of investing? 

I've learned the easiest way to do this is ask the owner to remove everything unnecessary for guest use AND give us permission and the freedom to remove items as we see best.Less stuff in the home, less issues and less work each turnover.

The easiest way is to do a BRRRR on light-value add properties.

On another note, I am vigorously researching construction methods for the new house, and also chipping away at some concept drawings for it.

I know very little about legal precedent but I'd expect the major meter manufactures (selling into the utility space) to be well incentived to challenge these items best they can, and they have money.Here are the issues, and the reasons that the difference between an air forced system and a boiler/hydronic system are not meaningful for this discussion (ie efficacy issues of sub metering exist for either when method of measurement is measuring heat at point of delivery):In either case, the blower (or pump for a boiler) is the method of 'moving' either air (central air) or water/glycol or equivalent (boiler etc). 

That would be the easiest route with a lot of turnovers