PM's know a hell of a lot more than transactional agents do in vast majority.

Study disqualified parties and prohibited transactions.  

On the tax side, I would encourage you to partner with a knowledgeable real estate CPA who can guide you through the transaction to ensure you can meet the qualifications of the STR loophole.

If you want someone else to put up the money you need to provide significant value to the transaction.

I wish I discover BP when I first started investing then I wouldn’t have made some of my mistakes.Honestly though, going through the transaction itself will teach you a lot.

I use Stessa only for the tracking feature (transactions).

To clarify my assumption about current equity: most transactional activity in the area has been new construction and established neighborhoods of "better" quality.

https://propertygrid.com/Someone told me about it and it uses blockchain technology and tokenization of ownership with the purported goal of enhancing the real estate transaction and opening up global markets.

This is transactional funding, seller has vested interest in helping you.

I’m not sure there’s value in having 3 intermediaries in a single real estate transaction.