You need to think of this as an operating business.  

Which in turn will bring plenty of other investors and general business into the market.

I didn’t think about the lawn business being a good potential source for real estate relationships.

You can search online and find that many businesses and corporations are moving out towards Athens, and many residents from Atlanta are pushing out this way as well.

Also as mentioned, Ohio is seeing a lot of growth from big-tech companies making large investments to expand and grow their business in the Ohio markets, creating some great opportunity for investors. 

I will post some compliance resources below...Business Operations Tax (BOT)If your property falls within the Sacramento city limits, in order to operate your property as a short term rental, you will be required to have a Business Operations Tax account with the city.

This is because of all the additional ways we are growing our wealth when we own real estate assets, much like owning other assets like a small business.

Their costs of doing business are much higher....think about it - The Licensing fees, Liability insurance and Bond alone cost significant money.

This is a cost of doing business.

The way I see it, if these friends are viable and trusted business partners it could make Real Estate in Boston more affordable with shared responsibilities to reduce the workload of managing the property.