This.Also, if you were the tier 1 worker bee at a relocation company who wants to get a family housed, happy and as quickly as possible, would you accept the word of a guy who sells a course to new-to-MTR investors that "here is Eli; please send him all of your business.

Well, STR can work well for people who own a vacation house for personal use, and just want to generate some extra income when not in use.  

Efficiency Comes from Building the Right TeamOne of the biggest ways we’ve streamlined our business is by bringing everything in-house.

Perhaps we "buy" the house from them for the $328K balance to satisfy the lender and don't need a large down payment and then have a separate contract with them to pay $x per month until we've paid the full $172K amount.

Open houses are typically used to generate leads, not sell houses.

Nd what housing is currently attracting the highest CoC and total returns potential - studio - 1bd, 2 - 4bd, or 5+bd?  

They bought their house near Lucca, Italy.  

My contractor brought me a house off the market.

However, I see this as a vertical integration and bringing more capabilities in house to make more money instead of hiring an outsider firm. 

She has been in our house 118 days past the end of her rental agreement!