My husband commented on a post ( congratulations) to someone who did their first wholesale deal ( or something along those lines) anyway this woman reached out and started telling him all of this information about this company she used and they were for lack of a better word a one stop shop. seemed too good to be true of course but as newbies, we were curious and set up a zoom meeting to see what they were all about.           

@Andrew Stringfield fairly decent contract as from national franchised PMC.Typical lack of info though:1) How often will they go by property?

While I have enough capital to complete this initial project, I lack the funds for subsequent developments.As I build equity with this first property, but face a shortage of capital for future endeavors, I'm considering my options with the bank.

However, I also don't believe there will be a lot of equity building in the next 3-7 years due to lack of supply.

In all the new technology SFR operators and property managers thought they had discovered the Rosetta Stone to make SFR (even lacking density) mirror multifamily.

I suspect your own lack of confidence in collecting from these bad actors is why you are here asking for advice rather than retaining counsel.

Diversity is usually the best in the STR industry so if one area is lacking you can always tap into the stronger property. 

It's certainly not for lack of trying. 

I saved a small-decent amount for a down but I lack connections and would like to connect to other like minded individuals.

And unfortunately, with the low margins in SFRs in basically all markets, once you add in $1k-2k per year of travel cost, you are likely to be cash flow negative anyways.As for me personally, it may be the level of control that I seek or lack of trust that anyone knows what I want as much as I do, but I would never buy a house sight unseen.