I can see the merits in both the 5 to 10 min inspection as well as being much more in depth, but if you're trying to do even a small volume of homes, either for wholesaling or flipping yourself, you have to be quick and efficient with everything, including inspections.

Hello BP Investors,I have been in debate with another property manager about the merits of an alternate pricing strategy.

I've not yet had any of my project sites tampered with, but I can see the merit of securing your investment.Are you more concerned about vandalism, or the safety of your tools and materials?

If crypto crashes and then stabilizes on a long term steady gain, it may gain merit as a currency, but for now it looks like a higher tech dot com bubble.

I have just missed out on a 7 unit near lake Merit, at 640K (auction), so kinda want to know how much those apartment normally go for.

@K.marie P  Of course there are much more horror stories of tenants there many more and I am sure for the most part it is safe the topic is that a non-owner (tenant) is subletting thru Airbnb and not the merits of the  service itself .It is an added liability that I would not like to have since,as you mentioned, there are so many from plain old renting http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/29/airbnb-horror-stories_n_5614452.html

As you probably know you can' t discriminate by family size if you reject someone like this it has to be on the merits of the application. 

However, I think they have merit.  

I cannot speak to the merits of coaching but I would suggest that along with that, you join your local REIA, continue reading BP, and start your RE library.

I thought it was a great question and I think it merits a great discussion.