The sponsor's largest incentive by far is more often than not that equity split. 

I believe they are the largest processor of online rent payments. 

Unless you're the head of the largest corporations on the planet (or a billionaire), you don't get to make social rules. 

This was my largest cash purchase to date so that was a little stressful, we are encountering some challenges in the refi stage as lenders don't know quite how to treat the asset.

Unfortunately right now, the largest barrier for me is knowledge and some form of capital.

I know you said you can't house hack, but my advice is the same as many others in replying, be careful with numbers and don't bite off more than you can chew, first BRRR is scary, but it's one of the largest learning experiences in real estate.

The second largest U.S. market, Los Angeles, boasted just $15.5 billion in sales for the first half of 2022.

We try to keep things close to FHA-loanable to hedge risk in the event of a market downturn so that we could trim margins and still unload inventory to the largest possible buyer pool.For our rentals I like to try to get at least 15% inclusive of principal pay-down, equity, and cash flow (ignoring tax shields) given a targeted long time horizon. 20% would be a better target for a 5-year hold that we were trying to reposition and exit more quickly.

Morgan Stanley was the largest taker of $108 Billion in September of 2008, following by Citigroup and Bank of America.

I suggest you attend and join one or more of several real estate investment clubs.The largest (and oldest) is SDCIA which meets once a month at the Scottish Rites center.