However, he has 2 people interested right now.

Like I have told many, there are several people who know how to make this work, and you are one of them. 

I would also be a hard no; I don't subsidize other people's investments.

The permits and architecture was done prior to start.).For most people the finances are the limitation to scale.  

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

They require all cash to buy so the people there have money.

The loft is very successful on Airbnb and people love the main house for long term rental.

Reason why is if you go to sell it, people are not going to comp it based on 40 year loan.

Are you referring to personal losses or other people had losses?

While you're reading, watching videos, talking to people online etc always have some way of taking notes.