While you are less likely to meet a passive investor at these meetups, there is reasonably high chance that you will meet someone that would want to partner with you on the deal as an active participant.  

You can close in the business name/LLC here.You are not required to have your investment property in the business name, however, some lenders and bank may require it if they are a purely business purpose, lending institution who servicing companies, mandate commercial purpose only.And yes, finally you can get landlord insurance.I recommend shopping around and comparing a few quotes to get started happy to connect to talk further strategy and detail.

@Scott TrenchBP or any forum participants will always lean towards the “positive” viewpoint.  

If you need to tap into equity before institutional options are available, i would turn to private money and see if someone is willing to lend you their idol funds or self directed IRA funds. 

I recently participated in a Florida Vacation Rental Allance (FAVR) panel and the topic was knowing the difference between the customer journey and the customer experience for STR's.

Do you think less experienced investors and forum posters will want to participate when mods behave this way? 

I'm looking to participate in the upcoming Sheriff's sale in York, PA and I would need financing.

I’m a real estate pro so material participation isn’t an issue, but the majority of my clients are in the $300k-$900k/yr gross household income range and so using STRs is not only the best way to get great ROI on real estate nowadays but the tax benefits are the primary driver for most including myself.  

Chad Littell from CoStar notes that while institutional investors adjusted their strategies early in response to rate hikes, individual investors have only recently begun scaling back.July Sales ReportAccording to CoStar’s July Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), the equal-weighted U.S. composite index, tracking smaller market sales, showed only a 0.2% price increase from June, with prices down 0.7% year-over-year, marking the first annual decline since 2012.

But what you’re encouraging is that when I am 23, I should use the first 4 or so years just building a portfolio of LTR’s and then when I am 27, look into leveraging STR’s to meet the “Real Estate Professional Status” and “Material Participation” the IRS outlines, correct?