Recently, Sevier County TN commissioners voted to require a "permit" for all short-term rentals in the county, "to ensure that all short-term rental units in Sevier County meet minimum safety standards."  Of course, t...

Lots of options but you will want to select a sponsor with a track record and an investment you are comfortable with.Make sure to do lots of due diligence

(biggerpockets.com)Also on a FB group for those intellectually challenged the sponsor promotes a company that will charge you $600+ to setup a LLC.

I am looking to get my license soon and I would love to be sponsored by a brokerage who is doing wholesale deals. 

A 506b structure will require you to have an established relationship with the sponsor. 

I think where people over estimate things is as a sponsor, you need to make it painless and easy for investors.

(The sponsor has since said he'll amend it to only apply to homes rented as a vacation rental 200 or more days a year.)A new competing bill would apply the commercial tax rate of 29% to Airbnb properties -- like the first bill -- but only if the home is the third or more property of a single owner. 

In most instances if you are reliant on outside capital, there will come a time where you are forced to sell which is usually not in the best interest of the underlying asset or the sponsor.

- Looking at a guide to becoming a MLO, I notice one of the final steps is to get "sponsored" by a mortgage company.

Which leads to was the sponsor inexperienced?