People use “airbnb” in place of “short term rental” due to the fact that airbnb happens to be one of the more popular sites to list and find short term rentals. 

Here are the possibilities, they may not be popular but here is what they are in order of most probably to least:1.

As you make more progress, your wife is likely to continue to trust you to make good choices.

The only time I might avoid (non-critical) maintenance is in the case of an acrimonious non-renew or eviction in progress.

What I was offering (which was in line with what investors are paying) and what the home owner were asking were totally off, and thats where the deal did not progress anymore.

This was not the typical location that I typically invest in, however this was just south of a very popular, high-end shopping center and the entry price was affordable.

A CRM will be very important for you to track the progress of your campaign.

If you have a good relationship with the seller and you do everything you have told them you would do, you maintain communication/updates on progress throughout the deal and you havent strong armed them into selling for next to nothing then they are much less likely to back out of the deal.

We bought the original lot at an inexpensive price before the area became popular.

The most popular markets are ClevelandToledoMemphisBirminghamKCIndyDetroitEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.