You have to do your own analysis based on your ability to fund.

Additionally I tend to get first looks from developers, direct owners, and other brokerages before stuff is listed because they know me and that I screen buyers and make sure they have the ability to purchase and are not flakes and time wasters.  

Which is an asset-based loan that looks at the property's ability to support itself.

It would be hard for them to get your money back (scammers avoid the Banks because their fraud departments have the ability to freeze funds and return funds once fraud is confirmed),  but the police will look into this.

Without the ability to do work yourself, have labor at cost (if you are a contractor - for example), or have market appreciation help you in the renovation period, a full BRRRR or healthy margin flip for a new investor is really difficult.Thanks for sharing.

Now, if you’re speaking about some gurus who promote subject to without safeguards to be used by people with no experience or financial ability to withstand a foreclosure action then I agree that it can be an irresponsible act.  

@Rodney LoveReal estate investing is a common means of escaping the 9–5 grind, although the methods used to do this vary greatly depending on the investor's background, abilities, risk tolerance, and the health of the market in the desired investment region.

But an STR website is of little good for generating new guests unless you spend money and time on SEO to show up online.

I realized I needed to find a way to earn a living while also having the ability to live the life I want.

This positioned us from doing 1-2 acquisitions a months to having the ability to put as many deals under contract as we could find.