Assuming that they aren't simply lucky in market timing, excessive in leverage, or excessively risky, why do you think that some companies and leaders ARE able to duplicate the ROI driving expertise and/or improve personal-business productivity in a way that allows scalability?

Marketing & Bookings: Besides Airbnb and Vrbo, what strategies help drive direct bookings?

Hey Jerry - Tulsa and OKC are both booming markets and ones that drive the most demand in Oklahoma.

I’m now in a position where I'm thinking about a bigger future full of deeper and more meaningful relationships.

Wholesaler relationships, or using tools like PropStream while driving neighborhoods to identify distressed properties, and REI meetups as deals can come from relationships.What strategies have worked best for you so far?

If you have the drive, it is never to early to learn real estate and make a really solid living off of it. 

I've been driving around ___, ___ and ___ neighborhoods looking for distressed properties. 

Now some people may argue higher interest rates are good, as it drives out competition on new acquisitions.

However, this has back-fired because it takes time to drive out to the home only to get a firm "NO" to your request.   

I would focus my attentions here and try to stay local (within a 4 hour drive) as the POH rentals require more engagement.Financing is a tough deal... but sometimes you can find those Mom and Pop operations with quite a few POH rentals that will work with seller financing on a reasonable interest rate with a balloon within 5-7 years.