What happened in North Carolina was definitively unforeseeable, a freak event, without any forethought of such, or means to defend oneself from such unforeseeable. 

This is an astute observation that distinguishes between "mom and pop" landlords and large operations I can see how economies of scale can help, for example if you have 100 units and two have economic vacancy, it's not the catastrophe of owning a 2 unit and one half goes economically vacant.Nonetheless, is there a reason that small scale operations can't buy at a deep discount while large operations can?

The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason: “To attract goodluck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities” “Men of action are favored by the goodness of good luck”One of the most important qualities that I see in successful individuals is that they take action.If you do nothing, nothing will happen.Where do you need to take action in your life?

@Stuart UdisAny reason a title holding trust (with trustee other than oneself) and LLC as beneficiary wouldn’t give anonymity and limited liability?

Why do you distinguish a difference between a SFR and an apartment for turnover costs?

What a person calls oneself does not directly reflect on their level of expertise or how great their advice is. 

But then, my actual cabin was listed as a comp with 79% occupancy, which is very accurate, albeit the nightly rate was about 15% too high.Like most of these services, they don't do a good job distinguishing between owner stays and guest stays, my property included

When there is a glut, there is a race to the bottom on price, because that is really the only thing that will distinguish you from the other thousands of properties.

It's just not complicated in my mind, there is a ton of time energy and effort spent trying to do it oneself, more than it takes to find a hire a 5%'er.

The IRS distinguishes between rental property and personal-use property.