You must be void of how politics work.Just go employ couple of hundred people, talk to a few hundred people a week, work with city/govt officials, talk to lawyers, you'll see the pulse quick.

What other industry dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars of people's money lets people become licensed in three weeks and no formal education? 

The accounts seem to materialize out of nowhere and with no purpose other than to express undying love for the life changing advice offered by said guru, often accompanying eerily similar language across hundreds of different gurus.

But the reality may be that the tenant hasn't paid in two months, or pays 20 days late every month, or their dog is destroying the carpet, etc.There are literally hundreds of threads explaining the dangers of buying a property with existing renters.

It will cost more than what Zillow charges, but it is worth it to protect an asset worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The STR one is 1989 built and needs some Rehab in form of paint, cabinets, appliances, floor, fixtures, water heater etc.

They don't evaluate the actual floorplan, quality of finishes, view out the living room window, yard condition, the barking dogs next door, or hundreds of other data points.

Most are all but clueless what it is, and with that, very wisely, standoffish and scared of such an unknown that relates to hundreds of thousands of dollars.     

I work with hundreds of out of state clients who invest passively. 

There are much smaller homes in worse parts of town renting for $1600+ currently.There is not a cap on how much I can raise rent here in SW Missouri, and my thought process was to keep the rent a few hundred dollars under the market rate so that if they decided to look around, they’d realize they can’t find anything comparable with the new increased price and stay anyways.