It is important to have the right but knowledgeable/experienced team in place. 

Having a solid team around you like agent, lender etc.

He was also featured on the local news station for his innovative work.The tenant is of course taking no responsibility for any of his actions or the damage, and he mainly just throws out empty and somewhat comical threats about a team of lawyers on standby, accusations of insurance fraud, and leaving bad reviews for the property manager.

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience or that lost anything more than a small amount of money (and prefer no money lost).

Over time, they raised prices, cut the lead amounts, and had their Internal telemarketing team make the first contact and then tried to "warm connect" us.

I met with an agent who has his own team and he told me all of the benefits of being on a team vs not being on a team.

The families lost there home and the property sat vacant for years until finally a developer built new homes.

If you don't want to be labeled a scammer or con-artist then you simply have to change your ways.Right now Peter Harris and team looks like a scam/con, and act like a scam/con, so therefore is a scam/con - if they want to fix that .. then they have to stop scamming and conning people - it's that simple! 

For them, the upside (rent growth and asset value) often outweighs the operational headaches tied to local regulations.Also, these larger firms often have the resources and legal teams to handle tenant issues that smaller investors might find challenging. 

Vrbo and Airbnb makes it pretty easy to self-manage.Add a great cleaning team and you are 95% of the way there.Its good to locate handymen and the like but those are easy to find on local FB groups or thumbtack.