@Nolan WhitakerIt does have a term which is five days after closing or cancellation of contractI would politely reply - “sorry it’s taking longer for the buyer to close but it’s not in our control and we have not breached the agreement as it states we will pay you within five days of contract close or cancellation which neither has yet to occur.

Whatever the reasons he wasn't at home and wasn't available, his boy suffered for it.In point of fact, it is my observation that I have never seen a functional Greek family were the woman didn't have near-total control over the family finances.

Further rent control and politics add risk for 2+ unit properties, though not so much for SFRs.

So there's an element of practicality to what you might see as a mark-up and they might see as a way to control costs in the best interests of their clients.  

Are you ok with giving someone money and losing some of the control?

A few years ago it was rent control, this summer it is dropping the deposit amount.

Stealing control of someone's property is a particularly vicious crime in a country built around property rights. 

We already had rentals and funding under control, so we never signed up to be a part of the 'big bucks' group they were pitching.  

Another said they were verbally assaulted on the street away from our home; they still gave us 5 stars but the content posted is bad. both aren’t in our control but Airbnb isn’t taking them down. we asked them to take down the 5 star because what she said in the review was awful, but they said it didn’t violate their policy.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.