Some people will push to get the maximum, even if it means they may wind up with nothing. 

And this is a biggee wading through the fake lenders or the Joker brokers that tell you what you want to hear  but cant get the deals funded and you lose the deal and a lot of money.3. with actual PML  private people  usually have very limited funds so cant scale with them.. they can have a life event and just stop doing loans all together..

thats horrible, hopefully you can get some of the cash back. there are just horrible people in this world.

I think people were/are just trying to avoid agreeable gray.

You need a firm estimate for the remainder of the work as your funds are limited (like most people who don't have an endless amount of money). 

Here's what works for me: 1) Posting your property on Facebook Marketplace2) Craigslist3) Talk to local universities or big corporations who may need short or long term housing for their clients4) Property managers are hit or miss.

Just know that it is a "no days off" kind of business and very mechanical.I would suggest documenting your process via video so that eventually you can bring people on to replace the different hats you will be wearing.Keep in mind of these 5 components of any wholesale business.lead generation, deal sourcing, underwriting, marketing, transaction coordination.

With the cost of utilities and the level of comfort people feel is mandatory now there is no way I would want to be on the hook for it. 

Yes, you need a team, however you can't just assemble people together and call it a team. 

I sat in on a lot of the meetings with owners/city and it seems for the most part to me, the city is just not interesting in AirBnB and as an investor, that's not a good place to be or be right.There will always be probably a few people who skirt the law or think they have a good workaround, but often catch 22.