Larger operators will get dozens of reviews per month and many more touchpoints in direct communications.Do any of y'all use a vendor, team member, or software to analyze these interactions for insights into areas of opportunity to improve guest experience?

If you buy aggressively every year, you can refinance several deals in 5-7 years and buy the same property and afford it with the cashflow from those rentals all while you have equity gains and appreciation with tax benefits and cashflow.

Lastly, they don't get a hit on their taxes until they receive their money, which is a benefit to the seller that is easily over looked. 

Had I held onto that house, I would have benefitted greatly from higher CA appreciation, but on the other hand, I was able to benefit from higher cashflow.

You may also benefit from taking a more personal approach to sending out your deals.

They are easy to get started with an the support has been OK compared to others  I am going to jump in here for few questions.Does it make sense to buy RE in retirement account(401K) as the tax benefit and write off are not similarly applicable as outside of 401K?

My Fiance and I are very familiar with the arbitrage model, however the main benefit of the course would be to scale faster than we could alone. 

That said, there are huge benefits if you commit to it and get creative.

The 181 day rule applies to tax benefits of a 2nd home. 

One of the benefits of this is that you don't have to spend so much money all at once.