This is not some random accidental homeowner who wants to be a landlord and doesn't understand the PM industry.

There's a whole industry for nerdy folks like us who only perform 1031 exchanges.  

Building a strong network takes time, but collaboration with industry peers can lead to success for your mid-term rental.

Again, we are new in this industry and looking to grow and learn as well.

Entire industries have left the state due to inept state and local regulators. 

Cupcake shops sprung up everywhere, the Food Network started their show, Cupcake Wars in 2009 (still on) and then.... a few years later industry consolidation after the run-up.

No-one is successful (outside of occasional tech start-ups) on revenue, especially when you are talking about real estate, a highly leveraged industry, and hospitality, a fairly low margin service industry.  

It looked all very nice, but, I made a comment that there was a lot of windows and it was very easy for people walking by to look insideThe agent told me that windows and open spaces were now industry standard gyms due to safety issues.

I figured out the only two money making industries that don’t care about felonies (I have four) is hospitality and construction.

@Navjeet Singh it sounds like you're making a big mistake and you used a very shady agent (unfortunately it is common in this industry.