They complain of feeling like a number, lack of transparency, poor quality control, and more.Find a mid sized local company. 

Those types of syndications (such as Cardone) are typically very aggressively underwritten (meaning higher execution risk), have sponsors who don't have full real estate cycle experience (meaning higher sponsor risk), have higher leverage ( meaning higher risk of default or suspended distributions), use floating rate loans ( meaning higher interest rate risk), have short-term debt ( meaning higher refinance risk), use financial engineering (meaning higher risk of missing the pro forma), lack signficant (or any) skin in the game (meaning higher risk of lack of alignment with conservative investors ). etc.And it's 100% true that most of these are struggling now.

. - Hostfully(seems to be most cheap)- Uplisting(seems to be the most professional)- Hospitable(most friendly UI & the only one I currently have experience with)     Biggest con for me is lacking in ai for messaging which they've denied integrations with developers.

The lesson here is when you are shopping for rates you want to do it as close to each other as possible to make sure you are comparing apples to apples. 

Wanting to give back is part of the human experience, so don't let a few bad apples spoil it for you. thanks for your post!

For example, if every lake cabin within 20 miles of yours listed on Airbnb seems super rustic and dated and "northwoodsy" (for lack of a better term), is there an opportunity for you to skew more modern in your STR design/style to help capture bookings with guests who are looking for that kind of aesthetic?

In the years I've been doing REI here, I've never seen the market so lacking of decent buying opportunities.

This dampens your appreciation considerably because people consider apples to apples in terms of total mortgage payments.

@Jamie BatemanLicensed servicers and lending licenses now becoming more on alert with states and borrowersI will share in another post but Maryland just dismissed a foreclosure due to lack of licensing.

circumstances.. education.. personality .. innate abilities.. lack of understanding basic math..desire .. drive.. familial pressures..