Are you an attorney licensed to practice law in Maryland or in any of the other jurisdictions you claim this process can seamlessly work in?

So, if you are going to run the numbers for the options, please run ALL the numbers.Having said all that, you can make money on either option ... there are many ways to skin a cat and believe that active investing with home court advantage usually trumps all so advise investors to roll your sleeves up and use your brains, brawn, balls (if applicable), and pocket book to work with whatever your local market gives you ... and if your local market shifts, shift your strategy to match.

I don't think anything is fully recession proof, but I do think notes can be profitable in various market conditions, especially if an investor is willing to shift strategies.

I think millennials will create a shift in the brokerage industry, but I'm not quite sure what it will be.

You are begging for a litigation attorney to come by and pierce the corporate veil with the amount of account shifting that is going on here.

If I had a real estate license I could immediately shift gears into listing mode and get a listing contract and work to find a buyer for their property which I could not do as just an investor. 

"We" need a mind shift.

I had shifted my research a couple months ago to lots/land for development opposed to battling the red hot North Texas market for deals.

Are you planning on holding while the market shifts then selling everything at a profit?

I started a STR property management company and after onboarding a few properties, it continues to work seamlessly.