Profit has to be made in order for those products and services to continually be offered, improved and consumed. 

I have my own construction company in addition to my real estate business so my situation is different than most as I have the entire scope of work completed by my own crews aside from a few items like plumbing that we sub out.Before that, I acted as the GC as owner builder and hired each individual sub.

IMHO, the REI Industry is The best chance that an individual has to quickly and successfully become self-employed. 

You should be able to search an individual or a company on their website and figure out if they are licensed or not.

Based on everything I have read about LLC, it doesn't offer any real protection for an individual.

, then consider selling them either individually or as a portfolio and do 1031 exchange into MFH.

And if a buyer gets "cold feet" as was said, they need to use that as motivation and then find a valid reason to get out of the agreement, but "cold feet" as far as I understand the law as a layman, is not going to be sufficient. 

Lima One Capital has advertised a no seasoning product in the past, as has Visio Financial Services. 

There is nothing wrong with that if people are trying to connect with other like minded individuals. 

Your communication should be directly with the individual, not through anyone else that is not party to the lease agreement.