I have a referral I can send you, I recommend going with an individual with experience in co living rather than a traditional company who doesn't really understand the model.

What models have you all found success with?

Unsure about STR regulations in Charleston but I would advise you to search "arbitrage" on this forum and read up on the hundreds of pros and cons responses here before diving in to any market using the arbitrage model.

VG  when you talk about NOTE FUNDS are you talking about Note Funds that buy or originate notes secured by real Estate or are there other funds that do the same model of raising money on unsecured Notes ?  

, professional management requirements, onsite employee requirements, model units, etc. 12. 

The same logic goes for the LTR insurance with adding premiums (which is really what Sthe STR insurance model is)Most STR insurance is exactly the same thing as LTR with tons of premiums added for unnecessary reasons like no one will ever use.  

Do you stay at the sketchy looking log cabin for 300/night or do you go for the super well done cabin with a pool table, sauna and hot tub for 450/night - oh and they have a ton of reviews and listed as a super host.if you want to have steady cash flow and steady returns to INVEST into real estate then ditch the idea of MTR and STR and get a LTR in a decent areaIf you want to own a business than go for the STR or MTR model.

I find it disturbing how many "business models" are all about suckering people into buying and even use skillful wording to deceive people into signing up.

They seem to be trying to use a PMC model designed for Class A properties/tenants for Class B, C and sometimes D.Can't use the same business model for all classes of properties/tenants. 

@Marc Zak look at the free calculator here on BP to see a pretty good model to analyze rental deals.