Survey the 2 or 3 people in California that will pay over 2 million to live in a 1300sf home where they share their backyard, that should give you a good answer.

The membership fee pays for admirals club membership and dollars upgrade your status.

Membership is worth it.

I have surveyed the property from the outside and I'm extremely familiar with the location and trends in that area.

You can assign contracts, transfer interests in a trust, or transfer membership in an LLC.

Up here we had an investor pre-plan a sub-division & once surveyed & roads etc were laid the city/town re-assessed every lot for our NYS criminally insane property taxes.

Both of these require membership to use their forms, but they're standard. 

Also with CHBO, they give you a 30 day guarantee...so if no one books your rental within 30 days of listing it, they will extend your membership for an additional 6 months for free.  

My name is Sam Metcalf and I've been brought on at BiggerPockets to oversee our marketing of our Pro membership product.

a corporation with s-corp election has less protection than an LLC with the s-corp election, this is because courts have ruled that your membership or shares in a company are personal property and can be seized by the courts with or without your partner's consent.