@Bill BrandtI think you hit it about 90% in the head(regards to cash flow)! 

Staffing is what will cause me to bang my head into the wall and cause a brain injury. 

Most folks don't hit the nail on the head perfect the first time.

To me, this is more about false expectations than it is any Airbnb failing.I still scratch my head when I hear people talk about Airbnb failing them simply because they didn't instantly start clearing $1,000/mo.  

Me and my fiancé are wanting to try and purchase new construction homes in class A to B neighborhoods (275-350K) and put 20-25% downs and live in them for 1-2 years while we save another down payment and then eventually move on and make it a rental.We are not looking to scale rapidly.

In fact I always let my sellers know that it is their decisionThere is never a gun to your head.

We are rapidly growing and are handling the scaling well (which should be the most difficult part).

Lot of condos being built for rental as well so rental income increase may not be as rapid.

I'll be heading up to Sugarloaf to do some skiing in two weeks and am super excited to check it out.

Google Travel recently fired the head of the department for not being aggressive enough and is expected to grow its market share over the next few years due to its unlimited funding and access to the world's largest search engineGoogle Travel is also not the only platform that syndicates listings from direct booking sites.Extending Reservations off other platformsIf you've had STR/MTR for any length of time you know it's common for guests to ask to extend off the platform.