If you have Clayton Morris's ear, you should encourage him to answer a lot of the questions surrounding his business here.

I encourage anyone who cares to protect the public to make a complaint on that site.. you can do it without leaving your name for those that may be to timid to post on BP.. but it gets a huge circulation.And as well to be fair to Morris and OP there is a rebuttal section so he can rebut if he choose to engage.. however I suspect he will be ( if he has not already) lawyering up and getting ready for the legal onslaught that is about to rain upon him :)  you just can't screw this many people for this much money and then DUCK and throw OP under the bus.. granted they were bad.. but Morris Ouch.

Welcome to the BP community, this platform definitely has a lot of resources.

I'm just needing help to get started and any advice, mentoring or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

You don't want to be overly compassionate in this type of situation because you could encourage the man to return. 

If you want to connect personally jsut link up in here and we can move the convo off of this platform :)That said, ill answer your first question.

More views and bookings will help move you up.Make sure your 1st picture is your best foot forward to encourage people to click on your listing.

You should look into a cluster of multifamily homes, or even invest into a platform/fund so you can get exposure without the headache of being a landlord (unless you actually enjoy it)- I'm not sure what you're referring to interms of property needing to be 2x your current value... was that in reference to 1031?

This is a great platform for connections, networking, and overall resources. 

I also wanted to start using it for financial reports in order to monitor my business performance.Stessa is really not the best accounting platform.