Is your Realtor an experienced STR host (more than likely, no).

It’s ideal for investors with some experience in real estate who are comfortable managing renovations and dealing with tenants.If you're a beginner, you might want to start with a simpler buy-and-hold strategy or partner with experienced investors who can guide you through the BRRRR process.

Utter blasphemy, only "unsophisticated" investors buy in cash.An experienced investor once told me "why use my cash, when I could just default on OPM" I know its not popular thought on BP.. and of course ramp up requires it unless you inherit a ton of dough but as we age out I sure like free and clear and no debt.. just the hassle factor of having to make payments :)

I am very interested to see experienced host's perspective.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of mistreatment? 

But I think any experienced investor would agree that if you aren't doing value-add when it comes to real estate investing, you aren't actually investing.

I've never experienced such incompetence.

Have a property in Springfield that I am experiencing the same problem.

S.F. and East Bay suburb) recently where they did flips - these were experienced investors.  

Now, I hire experienced asset managers to buy, manage and eventually sell the assets.