The homes are reasonably priced for the size and bones, allowing investors to customize homes with renovation or interior design prior to being able to attract guests at the right price.

I have customers that regardless of advice still want to buy in high end neighborhoods and buy luxury homes and hope for appreciation over cash flow.

What happens in situations like this is they start by going after the promoter and then go after every customer of the promoter.

I think the customer service, amenities, and ability to make the stay stress-free for the guest are the biggest advantages once you are booked.

The CAISO (California ISO) real time markets routinely go negative in summer from 10AM to 2PM (solar peak time), meaning the customers with non-dispatchable roof-top solar will be charged for putting solar onto the grid. 

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If they are able to bring down the promoter, they obtain a list of their customers and then go after every single customer, with their victory already pocketed.

This seems to be true whether it's CA, TX, AZ or OH - IN or GA.Apparently wholesaling isn't as easy as everybody thinks and are willing to pay big bucks to "learn".Obviously the decline has hit the information provider's customer base that they sell information to, and hurt their bottom line.

Have you looked into working with any local businesses to provide discounts for guests and piggyback off their customer base?

We're doing a very large, all custom one... garage tear down + rebuild with addition & ADU.Total build is ~2,200 sq ft with half that being the ADU (above the garage/addition).