So if someone from that group wants to book the house, the call their mom, or grandparent.

Tough arena for a mom n pop.

Most of the people looking for arbitrage targets look for one-off Mom/Pop outfits that work off some lease they drew up in 10 minutes on Microsoft Word or a notepad, where subletting isn't explicitly prohibited.Because, again: if I have a property, and it can make more money STR than LTR, what sense does it make to give Broke Joe the keys when I can just make the money myself?

Marriott will not work with mom and pop or anyone under 50 units. 

I left my full-time job 6 months ago to be a stay-at-home mom, so we would not qualify for a traditional mortgage at this time, but we’ve recently noticed listings in our area that would be perfect investment opportunities.

A few examples of when you might see a higher cap rate is a non-credit tenant (mom and pop, one store operator, hand to mouth financials) or you might see this with a tenant whose lease term is set to expire in the near term (2 -3 years or less).

I live in Grand Marais, Michigan, where my family owns and operates Superior Hardware, our family business.My passion for real estate started when I was 7 and asked my mom if she could download the Trulia app for me on my iPod touch (remember those?!).

There really isn't anything you can do except have that convo with Mom.

On CoreLogic’s numbers, home prices rose 0.6% month-over-month in May (was +1.1% MoM in April).

This action would protect mom and pop, smaller investors, and target those who have the means and frankly, are the ones causing the community harm.