(With your stellar reply, you gave me courage. lol) You did a good job of writing a reply that was more realistic than simply cheerleading somebody to push themselves forward to being a guest on podcast faking it till you can make it.

I know apps like AirDNA are popular for assessing short-term rental data, but I’d love to hear what other tools or platforms you all use to evaluate markets and find promising investment properties.Questions for You:•What apps or resources do you recommend for analyzing real estate markets and identifying strong investment opportunities?

Seems promising right now but I can share more as I experience it. 

Here's the terms:FOR VALUE RECEIVED, XXXXX a limited liabilitycompany (hereinafter referred to as "Maker*), hereby promises to pay to MY NAME,whose address is redacted (hereinafter referred to as"Holder"), or order, the principal sum of $XXX,000.00 in legal tender of the United States, accruing interest at an annual rate of 18.0%.

And in the last few years, they tolerated syndicators who promised huge upside, put little to nothing of their own in, charged high fees. 

There are great pitbulls by the way, but I am not a fan of all of this fake ESA stuff.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

I swear Hostaway just has a google alert setup for their name being mentioned and a team of people overseas that go just make fake shill posts about it any time they get an alert. 

As you also mentioned “if you marry someone that is unwilling to fight it out, you deserve what you get. “ That is a fair statement, but as we both know, there’s some liars out there in the world that will promise to death do us part that will eye the door handle after the second disagreement.. the second disagreement after marriage of course and especially if they’re going to get taken care of financially in a big way for being a quitter. 

Their promise to package your properties into a commercial loan after reaching 5 properties could free up your DTI and provide a line of credit for scaling.Consider delaying aggressive HELOC repayment to preserve cash for new purchases, and explore portfolio loans or DSCR loans as alternatives.