@James Wise  may know of him since he is Cleveland based@Dan Heimer  I ran into him at a mastermind and your pretty accurate with your assessment this mastermind has quite a few guru's in it.. and they do support each other all over social media..

I did not know I ran a foreclosure flipping business for more than a decade before this came to my attention flipped probably 300 plus homes..

Either the culture just didn’t match or it just didn’t feel right.

This is same question why in US we have culture of tipping when other country do not , also why in Us there are just so many added layer fee for attorney , legal and sort of.To be quick , higher commission in US happened because American way of doing business is not efficient, there are layers for law, legal and attorney fee.

I'm in the process of signing a wholesale deal but I ran into a roadblock. 

I also needed to set up some bank accounts for our LLCs so in the process of doing that I ran across Baselane, which is a banking and bookkeeping platform.

Consider leaving NYC if you are unhappy with the demanding hours.NYC has a tough work culture - I lived in NYC for 35 years of my life and I been traveling for the past 3 years as a Nomad.People work less hours and are happier in other areas of the world. 

For the first 6 months I ran it as a Airbnb after that I converted it to a long term rental.

For the first 6 months I ran it as a AirBNB and after 6 months I converted it to a long term rental.

That was helpful when I ran the agencies.