Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

I'd add that the less comparable the comps, the more conservative I get with ARV.

In your opinion, what are the benefits and risks of private money lending compared to traditional financing?

MTR's with insurance are better payouts compared to traveling nurses or corporate.

I know the Real Estate Guys talk about/promote Belize quite a bit Some resources here on their site https://realestateguysradio.com/markets/belize/Their podcast is pretty interesting and that link has some links to podcast episodes they've done about Belize..they do promote quite a bit and a lot's of ads compared to the BP podcast....but you can always fast forward of course.. 

You can absolutely still kill it with a STR in the Coachella Valley, and in my opinion the returns you get here are unmatched compared to anything you can get elsewhere in the country.

S-Corp's requires a payroll which can be a PITA to comply with compared to owners draw, or distributions.

Anyone use a good, easy, and accurate tool to get comparable sales or rents in a location?

YoY is up 2.6%.Rentals - Availability by MonthThe number of homes for rent increased slightly MoM, conforming to the seasonal trend (school starting).Rentals - Median Time to RentMedian time to rent increased slightly compared to Q2, but is still at 20 days.

Those recently built homes start to lose value because the comparable sales surrounding them that are "Not" new builds and are selling for less causing a standstill on those new homes.