Unless you are on a community based crusade mixing business with advocacy I see no plausible reason to add more stress, volatility and risks to your business.

While there are no definitive answers to this question, some experts believe that, in certain cases, property values may be more volatile when used as an STR than when occupied by long-term tenants.

Does anyone have data on the volatility of the Salt Lake City Utah market? 

I think on top of that the industry is volatile - LA is an oilfield state, no matter which way you slice it.

You can hold stable coins like usdc and usdt to avoid the volatility and get 8% interest paid out in that stable coin.

Anything other than USD is far too volatile.

The FM investor associates over leveraged investments as extremely risky due to the volatility of the financial markets and how it magnifies potential losses/gains significantly.

My agent says they are less liquid when trying to sell and prices can be more volatile, but I have also heard of some success stories.

Probably not, it is far too volatile, think of it like a stock margin account, those are constantly monitored and you could get margin called if you leverage too far because an asset turned against you.

Lots of deals are dying during underwriting or at the end due to the insane market volatility so you should be prepared to have multiple backups in the lending department