One suggested paying a GC a couple hundred for an estimate which sounds good until you realize you might do this 10-15 times before you buy a deal then you are spending thousands on estimates!

You will get convinced you can do seller finance or sub to, but it's not practical unless you are going to spend all your time doing that.

Interesting discussion about national rent control here- Why Rent Control and Housing Subsidies Backfire: James Burlinghttps://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/epochtv/why-rent-control-and-housing-subsidies-backfire-james-burling-5732950?

The reason is there is usually a resturant or other retail shop there and now you have customers you would never have that WILL spend money while they wait 20 to 30 minutes to charge.

Optionally, use an irrevocable trust for added estate planning benefits, though it limits control.

It is complicated because these investments are long-term, illiquid and completely out of your control.  

Well, most of those OTAs have a bunch of premiere partners and still have plenty of limitations on what exactly can be controlled via API and whatnot, so that's not really saying a lot.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. 

Quote from @Gabe Chase: Quote from @John Underwood: Just curious how much do you spend annually on all the 3rd party software you use? 

So that was my first partnership, we bought houses and I controlled the whole process and I learned so much.

For a standard 3/2 with 1,200 sqft we usually spend 50-80k on a full rehab, 10-15k holding cost, 15-20% profit before tax, 7% cost of sale.