We are age 52 and are already semi retired and feeling the itch ... the VRBO condo would serve the purpose of A.)

I'm no expert, but I have made about a dozen cash offers to wholesalers, REOs, and auction sites in the past month, each one the home ended up sold to a buyer paying over asking price. 

They made a bunch of updates to the site that have made it terrible.

You could also send him a letter of recommendation, and leave positive reviews on internet sites.

But you'd likely have to overcome the objection of why they should let you in on the equity site and not just let you live onsite and perform those functions as a job...Time is money... and if you don't have money you should have the time.

Our former tenant served 6 months for assault on an at risk senior (my husband had just turned 60).  

Ask friends, local groups, builders, online forums, meetups, investor groups, visit flip job sites, etc.   

ugh long day and was writing on mobile site

Also as he stated, most sites espoused automatically collect the room tax from the renter as they would probably be on the hook if you didn’t pay it. 

Money is not best spent on “free, clean injection sites”