It is easy to blame them but they just did their homework and executed a business plan accordingly. 

My strength admittedly is on the administrative tasks.For those who are opposite of me, who struggle with the administrative side, would you consider a B2B relationship with a service that takes all of the tasks off of your hands, and if so what would you be willing to pay (% or flat fee).To be clear, what would be offered would be:- Listing on 15+ channels including Marriott Homes and Villas, Abnb, VRBO/, Booking.com, Zillow, coming soon Amex Travel and Hyatt, Jetblue and Allegiant Airlines, and more.- Pricing software w/ live revenue manager- Smart Lock software- 24/7 Guest Communication via platform, voice, text, email.- 24/7 Communication with owner or PM staff for maintenance or cleaning issues. 

Most importantly, is this worth not only $800.00, but is it worth my time to travel to this conference?

Quote from @Sidney Duquette: Newer homes have firewalls between units and will provide better soundproofing.Nose travels much less in side-by-side units.

The finder has no credit cards or no monies in his name-You find a property they approve and you sign a JV Agreement with them- They then transfer you their shares of LLC they can quickly create with escrow 100-% funded in cash money - You show up to the closing and sign the the papers saying you are a partner in XYZ LLC- The Deal is executed - You use what’s left of the cash to pay for repairs, appraisals and closing costs (as long as it doesn’t exceed a certain amount especially a good % less than the Purchase Price)- You find a cash buyer and close -Money from buyer fills the escrow under the transferable LLC stating you as a representative - You transfer the LLC back to them- They divi the money in the full escrow which gives you 25-50% for your running around (under the JV Agreement y’all signed in the beginning).

If you can cluster another one in the area, you will reduce your management costs and keep your travel the same.

My wife and I lived in DSM for a couple years while traveling for a commercial construction company.

Tenants have kept the property in decent condition so considering that my initial strategy was to not disrupt them, maybe do a month to month lease agreement while making some repairs than execute a new lease Jan 1st with a small increase in rent. 

It also bought us the freedom to travel without having much in the way of living expenses and opened up the possibility for us to cashflow while not in town.

Don, bad faith is never presumed, so getting a subpoena issued at the request of a government quashed before execution is so exceedingly rare that it may be disregarded.