If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve documented everything thoroughly—photos, messages, invoices—and highlight the guest’s negligence, like leaving windows and doors open in extreme weather.If you haven’t heard back after asking to escalate, follow up again and politely but firmly request that a senior claims specialist review the case.

Obviously, it's barely been a month since I've officially become a full-fledged Airbnb host but I am extremely optimistic.

After thirty years of flipping houses I can tell you that the second you trust the subs completely, things go wrong.

This is why is is extremely important that you use local resources who own STR's in the area or manage them at a bare minimum.

They need to have enough disposable income to where they are not dependent on a high return, they need to be adventurous, they need to love the idea of owning a property in Costa Rica, and they need to have a very high level of trust in you and your ability to manage a property well in another country.

To maximize the number of transactions you’re involved in you will need to:Be Top of Mind when they think about moving - which requires consistent reminders.Be seen as an Expert – which requires a consistent message and Evidence of Success storiesGain their Trust – which requires communicating integritySo, start out by listing everyone you know in an Excel spreadsheet.

Or would the investors above been aware of the extremely high risk associated with these extreme high returns?    

I don’t trust these servicing companies and their sub-servicing companies to get anything straight anymore unfortunately.

But the ones that aren't stopped right away and get a head on them, when close to an urban area, with wind like this, will cause extreme devastation. 

Me and my clients all use a low money down conventional mortgage (as low as 5% down) with NO PMI and extremely low closing costs.