I.e. if you are great with numbers and an excel wizard, you could likely seek out a "deal" guy, who loves networking and hunting for properties, but doesn't really understand how to translate operations into financial models.

He would need to rely on one of the other tests, most likely #4 - significant participation, i.e. would need other investments outside of this partnership, and most likely other STRs. 

When asked why their properties don't cash flow in any rental calculator, the answer is: "people who use these rental calculators don't get the kind of deals we give you" 4, Re rent comps...I looked at Zillow, and another tool, and if I simply rely on Zillow, rents are typically lower and there are properties in the same few blocks on the market for 40+ days.

I attribute this to the legal system and more specifically contingent fee representation most plaintiff's rely upon. 

Wholesaling skills translate well with both buy and hold/fix and flips. 

DO NOT rely on AirDNA and similar sites that just use an algorithm to analyze numbers.

Do you go to the court house at all or just rely on lists?

Even so, I cannot be discriminatory and will rely heavily on prescreening.

It relied on everything going right and nothing bad ever happening. 

I am starting to worry about the viability of my business simply relying on airbnb and VRBO.