While short-term rentals in areas like Kissimmee, Florida, can pay for themselves and offer lifestyle benefits, the ROI typically doesn’t match what I see from my traditional portfolio of long-term rentals in North Texas.That said, short-term rentals can still be a great choice, especially if you're drawn to the area and the opportunity to combine personal use with investment income.

Don’t pay attention to what other people do.

Do you want to be passive (ie give your $ to someone and they pay you interest, or you put the money for the opp and get equity, etc)3.

You can compromise without loosing good paying tenants if they pay on time. 

Based on your current assumptions, you would be paying $1,229 per month out of pocket, leading to negative cash flow.If you’re house hacking and living in the property, it might still make sense because you're paying for housing anyway.

As I see it, the only ways that real estate pays you well in the first 3-5 years is low to no leverage or a strategy that requires more work (short term rental, mid term rental, rent by the room, etc.).  

It's likely they’re using this as an excuse to avoid paying rent, and there’s a good chance they didn’t pay the previous manager either.

The program is neither good nor bad, there's just different pros & cons compared to cash paying tenants.Have offered to schedule a call with you numerous times to try and assist you, but you seem to prefer posting & posting & posting - which will take so much longer:(What are the chances you'll actually invest someday, given how long it's taking you to do basic research?

MattIRA can pay down 30k on the 100k and now owes 70k and has a note for 170k.

I do not know Nashville very well, but I would not underestimate the Dallas market over the next 3-5 years, as the new deliveries start to slow.