Others, like this one, are so blatantly bad that the sheer volume of people raising money for them have destroyed the reputation of fund of funds across the entire industry.

I am not a STR specialist in southern Maine, but I can connect you with a management company that is and would be able to give a more exact guess.

I lived in one side for a year then moved and now both sides are rented out with a property management company. 

Hi @Dave Allen I have all of my rentals in separate land trusts and the beneficiary of the land trust is my LLC.I use a local trust company to be my trustee and have another great resource here in Orlando as well.

@Alex Borczyk - just as an fyi - for passive multi-family investing, I've found in general the minimums tend to be around $50K (at least for the handful of reputable syndicators I've looked at investing with).

They have their own rules and might take a share of your profits instead of charging interest.Hard Money Lenders:Nowadays, hard money loans usually come from bigger companies and are more regulated, making them similar to loans from Private Money Lending companies.

I’ve had success in larger markets and smaller markets all over the US however this was because of efficient operations AND being proactive in finding companies to rent to (I employ the B2B model). 

Does anyone recommend a deposit alternative insurance company?

I've done a bunch of research on this company, and found at least one case where they DID NOT scrub data they sold against the Fed DNC list (Do not call list). 

I need to turn the electricity on to renovate it, but all of the electric companies I see online have 1+-year contracts.