They were incredibly professional, communicate regularly, and produce results.

Crowdfunding websites charge operators 5-10% as a promote rate.

For example if the group is owned by one person or by one company rest assured that they will be directly or indirectly promoting themselves in a big kind of way.

Bernie Sanders wants a 25% “house flipping” tax levied against investors who sell a property at a profit within five years of purchase.He also wants a 2 percent “empty homes tax” on the property value of vacant homes in order to discourage real estate investment.From Bernie's Website"When Bernie is president, he will:Create an office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate and work with states and municipalities to strengthen rent control and tenant protections, implement fair and inclusive zoning ordinances, streamline review processes and direct funding where these changes are made.This office will convene key leaders, academics, experts, local officials, renters, tenants, and homeowners to create and implement these necessary solutions.Preempt laws that prevent inclusionary zoning for luxury developments.End exclusionary and restrictive zoning ordinances and replace them with zoning that encourages racial, economic, and disability integration that makes housing more affordable.Require that recipients of federal funding from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development make these important zoning reforms.Provide funding to states that preempt local exclusionary zoning ordinances to make housing more equitable, accessible and affordable for all.Make federal funding contingent on creating livable communities.Encourage zoning and development that promotes integration and access to public transportation to reduce commuting time, congestion and long car commutes.Prioritize projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create walkable and livable communities, and reduce urban sprawl.Encourage zoning and development designed to expand and maximize the number of units fully accessible to people with disabilities.Place a 25 percent House Flipping tax on speculators who sell a non-owner-occupied property, if sold for more than it was purchased within 5 years of purchase.Impose a 2 percent Empty Homes tax on the property value of vacant, owned homes to bring more units into the market and curb the use of housing as speculative investment.Encourage “circuit breakers” on property taxes to protect homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods from being priced out of their own homes as their property values rise.READ MORE: https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/From my point of view, anything that impedes or obstructs REI's cash flow is a bad thing.

It has all the laws for your state, updated regularly, and comes full of practical advice about marketing, screening, leases, evictions, and more.

The meetings have been sporadic lately but are becoming regular again, with the next meeting on the evening of Tuesday, March 10. 

Contribute to a regular IRA as non deductible contribution as a backdoor to a ROTH.

If he's not expected to be able to pay much (or regularly), you might find yourself in the latter category.I don't know if you have an accountant now, but you probably do want to at least run it by one.

I am a firm believer that if you are investing in real estate directly, versus a passive model, you need to be doing site visits regularly, and being somewhere you want to go, especially if this is a side hustle, makes it that much easier.I do agree with @Derek Harris that, why not invest in both, if possible. 

By any chance is anyone having any meets ups regularly that I can attend.