Where there's smoke there's fire and upon additional diligence found his company didn't syndicate the deals they claimed and was operating what amounts to an unlicensed broker-dealer business.

All buildings close to the beach requires piling on the first floor then you can either add 2nd or 3rd floor depending on your business plan.You can reachout to real estate agents that are predominant in the area to provide you with short rentals income report.Let me know if you need any help or info about building ground up.

In addition, the deals will be based on long-term rental outlook, but we are going to see how a mid-term rental strategy pans out for the higher cash flow in the short term.

Do i create the LLC and then add it into the trust?

There are plenty of NNN tenant-in-common investment providers out there, along with DST sponsors, deal syndicators, etc.   

I'm having difficulty finding insurance providers in Central Texas. 

I ended up hiring one of my LTR tenants as a house manager to handle all of the cleanings, turnover and provides my local eyes and ears.  

I know because I monitor those markets, in addition to all national markets with over 100k population + strong job growth.If you can make the numbers work on your AirBnb strategy, you'll likely need to do a significant rehab to do so. 

Unless you have a very high income it is pretty risky to invest in additional properties when your portfolio currently takes money out of your pocket.

Based on the info you provided, the other 2/3 don't have the same mindset as you and you aren't going to agree on what to do or how to do it.