It is actually cheaper to get licensed than to fight the man in court over this issue.

And each time the hosts would go to a new STR, they would grumble about the bedroom setup and even have dramatic fights over who would get the best bedroom.

My grandson, a firefighter was off work due to breaking his back while fighting a wildfire in southern CA.

@Bob Huggins Especially since you're listed on so many different platforms, none of those are going to outport anything useful that's compatible with each other - instead of fighting with their data and trying to consolidate it, I think you'll find it far less frustrating/more useful to design your own spreadsheet

Hearing depends on how busy the court is, mine was in 2 weeks.Off course, you have to have all your ducks in the row: lease signed, 30 days non payment proof, whatever else your lawyer asks.In few days after the access to the property granted, the tenant might leave without any fighting (was my case) or the attorney will schedule the forceable entry. 

There are a number of other options than traditional bank financing, but really, if you're in this for the long haul and especially if you're looking at this from the perspective of a guy with some understanding of residential construction, you shouldn't try to fight the learning curve from the start with things like BRRRR, 3.5% down-payment FHA loans, all-cash offers with personal loans + cash advances from credit cards, etc.It's complicated enough learning how to run rentals.

I am proud.We have been following this post closely and have decided that we would like everyone to hear both sides of the story and to fight for justice.We originally wanted to let this go but due to obvious reasons that is no longer possible.We do not typically take on outside investors and we are known for turning down more business than we take on (That is due to scenarios exactly the same as this one.

I've read that on occasion people have had to fight with the payment services to straighten out problems. 

In my experience you try and fight the man, they push back, may take some time, but they always win.  

Some banks are restricting the ability of non-account holders to deposit cash into someone else's account citing the Bank Secrecy Act and an effort to fight money laundering.