Not everyone is a total rock star like you ;) All the best bud.  

This will be helpful in your research.Rent To Retirement actually has more 5 star reviews than any other company on Bigger Pockets, so I recommend doing your own research from people that have actually invested with us and understand how our process works. 

There were a few slight distractions like figuring out financing, selling a neighboring lot (that I had also acquired via letter writing) on Craigslist, rent out my RV, rent out my house, make my first ever documentary film (a twenty minute short called Kara, Star Of The World about a woman with a traumatic brain injury from a childhood ski accident), take any photo and video work I could get, start a 360 photography company, create social media channels to hype the build, parent two small kids, do a beautiful and excruciating tandem mountain bike ride across Scotland, drive my family on RV trips to Colorado/Arizona/Utah/Nevada/California/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Michigan/Florida, attempt to write a novel and adopt a puppy.The above may read as humble brag, it is not.

The way I looked at it was this - most guests have just a few reviews, usually less than 5....so your 1 star review will take their average down by a LOT.

The VRBO guest left a 5-star rating, and on Airbnb, I have one 5-star rating with another on the way.However, I've noticed something that has raised some concerns, and I'm not sure if it's specific to VRBO or related to my listing.

For some reason sometimes it's hard to get clients to complete them, but if a mortgage broker has 20-30-40 five star reviews..safe to say your experience will be as expected. 

It has a lot of 5 star reviews and seems to be pretty decent overall.

Willis with Lone Star Land Law. 

My guess is that as a listing gets more successful with lots of 5 star reviews etc, the scammers avoid it.

In fact on average we consistently support a dozen or so coastal STR investors annually acquire and launch five star AirBnB's. - Pacific Wonderland.