I invest in land and have no intentions of switching to houses, so we're not competitors.  

Look at your competitors nightly rate + cleaning fee and see what that number looks like. 

I've qualified as a top tier borrower for some of their competitors but still the national guys seem expensive to me.

Your quote will come back higher or your profit will come back less than all your competitors if you are the guy spending the most.Spend lessQuotes can come downVolume will increaseYour fixed costs will be spread over greater direct installation costsYour margins will increase more and you'll have the profit margins you are missing now.

(Full disclosure: I own a transaction coordination business in Chicago, so I guess that would technically make us competitors?).

(even when they don't fill out a contact form) as well as visitors to your competitors.

I haven't been able to find much info on competitors rates for MTRs.

IF you've got 25+ million in the bank, why wouldn't you buy up struggling assets/ businesses / competitors, etc. 

I know you thought we would x+15 days to be safe, but we really needed +30 because we arent even as good as the competitor we pretended to be so much better than.

Once word gets out that Airbnb doesn’t provide “good” customer service, a large percentage of renters will look for other alternatives - and a competitor guest friendly will emerge.