I'm actively seeking mentorship from someone with experience in similar markets who can shed more light on this process.

We are seeing about 50/50 split of people holding as rentals vs selling. 

The marketing copy and photo captions, professional photos, and weekly activity on the OTA listing, makes a big difference in bookings.

People complain about booking.com cancellations.

VA Loan – 0% Down (Veterans Only)If you're a veteran or active-duty military, you can buy a 1-4 unit property with 0% down.Must owner-occupy for a period before renting out.4.

I’m actively analyzing the demographics and rental trends in the area to ensure these upgrades aren’t just attractive but also functional and desirable.

We've found it's more capable than others when it comes to integrations, reporting capabilities, and efficiencies.The software you've mentioned will be better for the PM activities (property-specific transactions) than keeping up with your financials as a whole. 

People like to rent from a person not a 'brand', it's more personal.

Just curious why people think they should be in jail?

I know people who do this and I do not believe there are issues with it, but speak to an attorney and they should probably notify the company if they are an employee of that company that they are doing this.