Can you imagine the cost to change a light bulb?

That's how I started - renting out a spare bedroom to a roommate and I still do that because once I learned I didn't have to pay my whole mortgage it was hard to imagine paying it all myself again, haha!

The garage was open about 2 feet and had a screen in front of it so I imagine there's animals in there too. 

Within a few days, I got one booking from the UK and one from Colombia.As far as their commission of 15%, Lodgifty and I'd imagine most PMS tools lets you set your markup to counter the comissions so my settings basically net the same cash return across all 3 OTAs. 

Imagine whatever the specific goal is-- maybe 100 rental units paid off for instance.  

Can you imagine getting outbid by a couple hundred thousand on your dream home.

What Happens After This:As you can imagine, building a working software is no easy feat as there are a lot of moving parts to be considered, especially when it comes to functionality and features. 

They are not going to have DSCR options or LLC options or have any imagination on how to get a deal done that is not right down the middle.

As to your points about other methods such as 'investing in a private syndication' or the like imagine this; you can invest say 500K cash and make a 500K return over 5 years that you now owe say 200K in taxes on leaving you with 300K profit - *or* you could invest 500K from your ROTH IRA or SOLO, make a 500K return and owe NO taxes and net 500K profit - a 66% better return.

I would imagine the team you bring on will depend on the focus of what the fund(s) will be purchasing.