Any insights and hand on experiences are welcome.

@Seth Rose  Total get where you are coming from.

We also don't like to be too heavily indexed in real-estate in our total net-worth.What would you do?

My sister in law and brother in law spent a combined $468,000 on attorney fees over 5 years to get divorced - their total net assets at the time they decided to divorce was just over $1 million.  

So far I don't have enough data to make this analysis useful for more than a handful of brands and state combines, but I like this approach.  

Quote from @Lee Mobley: In Georgia, there has been a default judgement entered against both Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc. and Chimene Van Gundy for $200,104.53 plus costs as well and a default judgement entered against Michael Trofimoff and Viridis Holdings, LLC total sum $197,334.45 plus costs for similar issues mentioned in other comments here. 

You can always do some hands-on work without a GC license so I would agree with the others who say that having a RE license and GC license are not worth it.Take my advice with a grain of salt since I have neither a RE license nor a GC license.

Due to the income earned in the landlord account that goes to the benefit of the client, you should cut the check directly from the account through the bank and do as the law says, hand-deliver or certified mail.

Quote from @Ryan Moyer:Doubly worrisome is that there are almost no hands on reviews of Hostaway, and any time the name comes up on BP or Facebook groups there are suddenly a dozen new "users" whose first and only post ever is to talk about how great Hostaway is, without providing any details. 

You can't buy a property with a handful of cash (or transfer from a stranger's account) unless the lender can prove exactly where it came from.