Look into hiring an attorney to potentially forming an LLC and provide an operating agreement, which handles member contributions, draw schedules, unreimbursed partnership expenses, liabilities, and a whole host of other issues.

Host to Own - Seller would let me manage STR listings for him for 1 year instead of using local realty company.

If you are a lowball offeror or if the seller is just in the clouds, you need to wait until they start to see the money falling into the ground by sitting on the market so long.

It is hosted by a Property Management company of Airbnb.  

Todd Miller hosts one with the Richmond Wholesaling Meetup (see it on meetup.com) I think first Saturday of each month usually.

I don't know how onerous it'll be from a data perspective to have a bunch of video footage uploaded to the cloud, over a mobile network.At first glance, it looks like mobile hotspots are in the $100-150 range but it's unclear to me how reliable they area, and also interoperability issues (ie: we are using a Google Fi cell network for our cell phones currently but like the Amazon suite of smart devices, cameras, etc)Input highly appreciated. 

Sounds harsh but for a whole host of legal reasons you cannot selectively enforce lease covenants. 

Maybe you wanted a souped up wet bar for hosting Super Bowl parties and movie nights where you could heat up your pizza pocket bites in the basement without going upstairs to the kitchen...

Basically an Airbnb host befriended a city council member and shared all of the stats on how much additional revenue comes into a city from Airbnb guests.

My firm even hosts a pint and properties where we get together to discuss real estate investing over a brew.