If you can put down at least 20-25% you can get a conforming investment property loan.

You can put your capital into play in small tranches without having to their entry fee.  

Depends on where you are getting your prospects.If from Airbnb, VRBO, etc. then they won't be expecting either.If you are getting them from your own advertising, then put your requirements in your ads and definitely have on your website.

You put it perfectly.

I just put it on our roadmap for the FIXnotes website to put something together.Here are a few Note Funds that we will include:- Aspen Funds- Bequest Funds- Earnest Investing LP- NNG Capital Fund- PPR Capital Management- Seveney InvestmentsLet me know what detail you would like us to research & include in the comparisons.

Occasionally you might find an investor/owner with a vacant house that puts a Rently box on or some kind of combo, but most of the time you will need a realtor to escort you. 

If anything, I'm underpaid for as much work as I have to put into these, not to mention the divorces and probates where I'm waiting months for spouses and heirs to fight it out.

Put some time in to tightening down those numbers. 

if they just want the membrane out, dry out the existing sub, then put new soundproofing in, then the 5k might be just fine.

One major caveat is the real possibility of being put out of your own home if you ever get into a domestic issue with a tenant - I know people who have ended up having to rent a hotel room while they got something worked through the court and their tenant lived in their home, because once you rent to them it becomes "their home".