Let your criteria do the filtering for you.Regarding retention and renewals, the only time I have asked people to leave is when they have had rent payment issues and/or damaged the property. 

There should be a good number of people out there who would be willing to mentor or partner with you.

Most people who complain about Airdna overestimating their revenue think you can just list your house on Airbnb and profits will pour in (South Park understood this fallacy best). 

Property classes are different from neighborhood classes, and many people often use them in combination.

Team of people watching notifications and contacting guests and if necessary going out to property to address issues.

Or even just use the FB group where people bring deals for a finders fee, you evaluate and then pay a % to a TC to help close the deal.

Hello good people!

When I see newer people expecting to find full cash out deals from out of state sourced from a wholesaler or agent I know they are setting themselves up to fail 99.5% of the time.

Chicago need another million people in population to force us to push south.   

Interested to hear from both seasoned pros, and people who got into this area of investing recently.....