Good to try out a few different meet ups with a few different topics and event structures and see what vibe fits you best.

If you're trying to utilize it without living there, that’s simply not possible.

Tried it years ago when we starting managing MTRs and had zero inquiries or bookings from them.

What some companies do and maybe something you should try is setting up a split payment schedule for them but for a fee and make a little extra scratch. - if you do this make sure it is well documented so that your eviction will not skip a beat if something goes wrong. 

One has been rented out for four years same tenants and the other one is newly acquired and have been trying to find the best platform to market it (furnished finder, Zillow, Airbnb, etc)Would the suggestions from the real estate investors be excessive or something to look into?

Would you try and steer the lender towards considering comps for individual townhomes?  

Airbnb people have been discount seekers. try not to go by what you have heard,  but try it on one of your properties  and give it a few months  at a higher rate. 

Try to hang on until the end of the lease, or at least until there’s only 15-30 days left if the tenant is really keeping the property up and will let people walk the property while they pay rent.

I know that I should try to stay at 60% - 70% LTV.

I tried to broaden my data but it pulled in sooooo much crap.