Make sure to set-up your keyword alerts in your settings here on BP so you can be notified of topics/connections you'd like to follow.I'd also recommending joining your local investor groups on Facebook - easier to connect with local players and get boots-on-the-ground type referrals.Best of luck to you!!

The biggest knock on BC for investing is that rent control makes cash flow a challenge. 

I have two keys... a master key that opens every door on the system and a control key so I can change the cores. 

Is there any rent control? 

the questions you are asking are not controlled by the state necessarily but both the feds and local cities. 

I've used them for years.https://forgetrust.com I also use Forge Trust for my self directed ROTH IRA with checkbook control. 

I would therefore have control over the property and how it is managed, even though we would all have an equity stake in it.

Apps/systems are great if you're somewhere in the middle, don't have the margin to cover the 8-10% of gross income + 1 month leasing fee, are a control freak that wants 100% visibility/control over your investments, or are a "systems" type investor who relishes operational efficiencies.

Helocs give you more control of the funds and timeline to identify it's next use. 

I did all of this quickly as any young kid who is technologically able could, and the company controller who I was working under was impressed by my speed of completion.