You still have to pay that money back.

Give me money so I can prove some guy on BiggerPockets wrong? 

The cleaner has indeed been taking the laundry home to finish since they haven't been able to get everything washed and dried during the 4-hour cleaning window.We will look into the commercial laundry service more.

If you needed the money ASAP that won't be super beneficial. 

This money would change my life but i have a hard time believing this.

Could these waits be mitigated by going the hard/private money route?

Even if you break even, you will lose money every month it sits vacant, when you need repairs, property management, etc.

You have one STR, and you want someone to bring all of the money for your second?

This is true for all private money lending situations..

Over the years every single time I went over his house to hang out we would talk about money, investing and the future we were building.