I had hoped that the natural draw of Disney etc would work in my favor but there's just too much inventory.

Typical assumption is that security deposit would 100% go to cover property damages - that's the whole nature of the deposit IMO. 

There are clearly downsides - the investments are even less liquid than active real estate, they are completely out of your control and they are long term in nature.  

I would work with a rock solid STR agent in San Antonio to see what places are less strict as I know they have been cracking down.

That's just my $.02 but I'm sure others have been operating differently with success.As for neighborhoods, West Side, South Buffalo, Kaisertown, decent sections of Black Rock and Riverside, pockets of North Buffalo, maybe some sections of Cheektowaga are going to fall into those categories.

As others have pointed out, interest income from a partnership can be classified as either "portfolio income" or "ordinary business income," depending on factors such as the nature of the partnership’s activities, the number of loans, and whether the interest is incidental to your main business or a core activity.

I was under the impression that this call would be somewhat informative in nature rather than a call simply to schedule another call with one of "Scott's attorneys". 

You would need to have a rock solid argument prepared for how community benefit (affordable housing?)

If someone truly believe that the 17% is real and they could borrow money at a smaller interest rate, using the fungible nature of money, the person would take a loan to get into that deal, but a feel most people would not risk there primary residence on a deal like that. 

Naturally, that doesn't work for us!