So many people get suckered into these "deals". 

All I can tell people is that REI has been very good to me.

Some people are not worth the headaches. 

Get your pulse on the area market by looking at STR calendars and possibly talking to realtors and other people in the market.

I can’t say this never works—plenty of people have done one or more deals this way.  

Most people know this. 

But, I agree that there is not enough chasing away or direct questioning of people who post questionable stuff, and I think it is easier to be just plain old mean from behind the safety of anonymity. 

Starting slowly but love the idea of meeting like minded people who are passionate about helping others and pursuing freedom.

I guess people love the manatee habitat there!

I posted on a local group asking for attorney referrals and got some responses about my plan that made me question if this is infact what I need to do to start as a number of people said escrow will create these docs for me.