I wonder if there is a study with Airbnb and residential crime statistics? 

Does anybody here have experience that could help me with occupancy statistics in Galveston vacation rental homes?

I don’t know where they get their statistics from.

Now I could be wrong, but the statistics say the problem isn't going away soon.  

Statistically the worst home in a neighborhood underperforms. 

Realtors still play an important role, of course, and I'm sure most can point to statistics that show higher average sale prices and fewer days on the market with a realtor versus without.

I had originally looked into multi-family units as a possible stepping stone into commercial real estate down the road but was dissuaded by some of the online reports I found regarding crime statistics in the neighborhoods I was canvassing.

Wholesaling in Canada is not really realistic due to the much different real estate, banking and investing climate up here.It is rarely successful statistically even in the US, less so up here.

You can also google crime statistics for your area.

The reason that the opinions are 50/50 is because statistics show that about 50% of investors are using a LLC, 50% not.To me this would indicate that it is not necessary otherwise by now the number using a LLC would be approaching the 100% mark.