Vrbo and Airbnb do not play around when they see you taking direct bookings from guests who found you through their platforms. 

Cash flow might take a bit of a back seat but building a team you can trust and building experience are top priorities in my eyes.

As part of the sale they take $500K in cash boot. 

At least a lot better than the path I chose to take. 

Mortgages are all under me personally.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

I included a link below to your state's association with all the requirement info.Keep in mind that getting into Real Estate is not a cheap adventure. 

Unless they wanted to say that the units in those areas could not be rented at all, then to me its absolute nonsense. 

I have several multi families on the west coast  ( one that I actually manage my self in California) and it’s just one maintenance reserve fee for all doors , and a % of the total rent usually ( 8%-10%).  

If you still use texting as one of your communication methods, would you use a tool that auto-logs all those messages?