The referral fees, which operate similar to a multi-level marketing models, often incent these students to post the rare assignment fee check that does get done to every social platform they can and make it seem like they have an "in' with the guru leading the program. 

You're going to have to go learn about that yourself.The faster you get rid of this bozo the better off the whole system will be.

After the novelty of owning a vacation rental wears off, it is a matter of the value of your time and interests.

But the risk to the seller on this deal is immense you have a guy tying up a property who has no ability to close it and then sell it to whoever will give him money and that person could be nefarious get into title rip rents could give 2 craps about the sellers credit etc etc..

Michael - you can use this platform and FB Groups in order to find off market, live STRs in all of these neighborhoods.

How will you know when one is trying to rip you off, is lying to you, or what to do if a squatter moves in? 

BTW - AirBNB is a platform where you list your Short Term Rental.

Remember, someone else is paying off a chunk of that asset.

Both a literal break (time off, not legs) and perhaps a little freaking grace (especially from those of you who profess to be Christians). 

Hey Daniel, you can use a platform like Avail that will give you all the info you need to know like:-Credit score- criminal record-eviction historyYou will also need to gather their:SSNIDPaystubs and 3 months bank statementsat least 2 past landlord references.If all the above check out, you likely have a great tenant.