@jerrybanfield, certainly interesting to see the while process laid out like this.
From where I am sitting, this looks like it could be a good option for someone who's more of an investor than a social-media-community-builder. I could see renting out SP is I were going hiking in Nepal for a month (for example) so it would do something useful while I were out of touch. But I guess I am too interested in actually blogging and interacting for it to sound like an attractive option.