No....I think the bulk of the funding platforms lack the expertise to underwrite projects properly.  

I service the entire county, but Downtown (92101) is my area of expertise and where I spend my marketing dollars.About 10% of my yearly business comes from a couple of FLIP investors, so I'm always on the lookout for projects in my county that I can make beautiful again and sell!

Regular real estate brokers who don't do any buy and hold investing don't add much value when it comes to what really important, like protecting your investment.  

Hi, William, You'll want to have a good tax attorney / tax accountant on your team, hopefully the same person.The idea of a business entity structure is primarily to facilitate asset protection.

But if nothing works, protect your business and evictTop 10 Things To Succeed in Buy and Hold Investing1.  

My concern other than things like water pipes breaking and damaging other units would be protecting myself from claims by tenant.Is this make sense?

Don't be afraid to hire others that may be able to get the work done in a fraction of the time if it is not your area of expertise.

They will want you because you bring money, or expertise of some type - something so that the both of you benefit from the relationship. 

Does you method provide the applicant protection? 

I am not familiar with commercial real estate and was hoping I could find someone on here with expertise or some knowledge in the area.