There are several articles that do an exceptional job of explaining who, what, where, why and how tax payers qualify for the ‘STR Loophole’ listed here:The Short Term Rental Tax Loop Hole: A Game Changer for W-2 Wage EarnersThe Short Term Tax Rental Loop Hole: What Investors need to know The implications on the Oregon and California Coastal STR market is a strengthening buyer pool for luxury rentals in the $750-1.5M+ range.

Buy on market, nothing wrong with that.

Morris Invest did not present a way forward.

Most lenders in this market are less likely to issue a loan that you will default on.

The frameworks others have presented of viewing the site as a lead-generation tool where you, as the host, are handling all the payment processing and screening is pretty accurate. 

On our first and second loan we were presented with many options where we had to pay Lendbase and the lender both an origination fee.

You will probably want to engage an engineer to provide an engineered plan for the lots and attorney who frequently presents variance cases.

This doesn't seem like a good marketing strategy to me though. 

The differences lie in how they aggregate, update, and present the data.

I’ve joined some of these before & they often feel like sales pitches or marketing ploys, but I won’t be pumping people for information or trying to make a mailing list or any of that.