I told a girl annoyed that she had just booked a great gig, she's a folksy guitar player / singer,  to sign up for Patreon, do eVites and then have people pay to watch her perform on video and chat with her fans - guess what - her list responded positively on her Insta and now she can do something, whole venues need to think about this. 

@Bob Willis not closed yet, but disclosures show $2333 origination costs ($238 points, $1500 origination fee, $595 processing)$725 appraisal, $9 flood cert, $66 tax service$1125 for closing protection letter, endorsement fee, title insurance, settlement $95 recording $391 prepaids$961 initial escrowTotal closing costs $5705

@Josh JimenezI am not familiar with those investors however; the larger players in the real estate investing (syndication) business usually have several different income streams other than just the investments they usually talk about.

Does sitting on several hundred thousand in reserves help protect a portfolio.

That would still make it to a major player.

VRBO has acted reprehensibly through this, but they’ve stopped short of confiscating and refunding payments.This space needs some new players.

I'm all for the protection that contracts provide, while at the same time, I often laugh at things that can be in there that don't make any sense. 

Unfortunately, these efforts seem to be about protecting the tenant with no regard for the landlord.

Once you do that figure out the real players in that strategy and network with them.

If you have money saved now, but just need the two years, it might be safest to just keep saving until you are two years and just do it all yourself and protect yourself from a bad partnership.