Some of the members have done several deals using the platform.  

Of course, I appreciate all the work that you, as well as your staff at BP have done to create a powerful platform for Investors to communicate, as well as interact. 

I'm not certain it will be the same this time but why gamble when there are other markets which haven't had such a big run up nor have had one of their main job producing industries take a major hit?

Is there a different way to do this or a better platform than MS One Drive?

If your dead set on buy-n-hold SFR, you can drive a couple of hours to the central valley or the high desert, but that would require you to frequent those places (but who want to do that... no offense to anyone living in those areas :o )Here is an LA times article about Airbnb (a vacation rental platform).

Platforms like Fundrise already have a lot of non-accredited investors.  

The funding is generally structured either debt or equity and depending on which platform you use- vetted and underwritten in one form or another by the offering platform.

Insurance is a gamble.

You are gambling with a solid cash flow from a year round rental or try to really heat up in the summer and maybe the trailing months in between. 

I want to start out by first saying thank you BP for providing a platform for the new and uninformed like myself to ask questions during the starting out phase.Scenario: I am currently refinancing 2 properties I have (1 rental / 1 primary) to pull money out for a down payment on my next property and gain positive cashflow on my rental.