START by leasing a property and testing your hosting biz. 

And sorry for the rant, but the BP Podcast hosts shoudl recognize when things liike sub 2 are illegal and wrong, and not promote it.  

Hey BP Community - My employer does not match 401k contributions so I'm considering abandoning the contributions altogether and instead investing in something like the SPY ETF on a regular basis. 

Then I could start purchasing regular investment properties.Option B: Find an investment property first (higher interest rate) that pencils out while continuing to live in my condo, and then find another primary I could “trade-up” for with my condo, where I could eventually use it as LTROption C: Just focus on finding investment deals that pencil out at a higher interest rate with existing cash, and when I eventually move out of state, sell Condo.

Over 10 years hosting, the guests without previous 5-star reviews are 99.9% more likely to be problems.

When they miss the first payment take your regular action steps.

I have the opportunity to co-host for a couple investor friends and I'm wondering what to charge them for MTR/LTR management.

We have a great group that regularly attends CTREIA, or other biggerpockets meetups from @Brandon Rush, @Stephanie Cabral, @Devin Peterson, @Ryan Luby.  

From what I hear from every host, if you are cancelling for a good reason, you want to call Airbnb to cancel, do not try to ever cancel yourself online. " ...

You should have been planning from the start to pay the HELOCs out of your regular income sources not the rentals.