Great question and I completely get the appeal of wanting to prioritize portfolio cashflow once your paychecks stop.

Once the work was complete, I refinanced to pay off the hard money loan and held the property as a long-term asset.This duplex also marked the start of my short-term rental journey—we ran our first Airbnb from one of the apartments before scaling to bigger projects.

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I'm completely new to this, just signed up, and I've scheduled a call with one of them that posts a lot on social media...maybe the same one.

I've never completed one RE deal. 

We also look at how fast we can complete the project. 

So you're not completely anonymous.

It has been a huge point of concern for large investors as they want to hedge risk and co-living is a complete unknown. 

I somewhat understand why the cities are trying to regular airbnb's out completely. 

I would be cautious chasing the 1% rule, a lot of the time it puts you into less desirable neighborhoods or into properties that haven't been completely renovated.