Did too much bragging shoot a lot of people in the foot?

[Joe S.]

So my question is, did all the excessive bragging about short term rentals create saturation to the point where it hurt everybody including the braggers?
I understand there are some people that were bragging because they actually listed properties. They even wrote a book about short term rentals and in the book toward the end, it is clear that they are doing lots of other things other than Short term rentals, but they are making a lot of money by selling the dream as well as selling properties. When someone insinuates that the market could be softening, why does many  operators  go out of their way to go into denial and pretend like they’re doing great? Why so many people make an effort to create excessive competition for themselves?

Just a thought. Please don’t beat me up too bad.