I don't know, I usually get 3 bids and go with whom I'm comfortable with, it's less heavy lifting in the end that you have to do anyway.

I agree with AI especially as people seem to take everything they read as fact even when it is clearly wrong.With vehicles-I'm in Canada-I think part of the increased cost is associated with more bells and whistles and people buying larger vehicles.

I think novice operators are trying go too heavy on amenities to compete with the big boys/girls/people and they can't do it as well because they don't have the operational experience.Consistency is the key for new operators and that goes for quarterly photo updates, dynamic pricing, and communication.Too many people got into the space in the past three years who thought of STRs as passive income when that is just silly.

I have a tenant who I believe to be on some type of heavy drug like herion, or meth ...I recently inspected the property it was full of garbage everywhere some hording, it's just trashed. 

No, life insurance in all forms is an incredibly stupid vehicle to put money in. 

I have pre-qualifications questions but they revolve around number of occupants, household income, vehicles, pets.

I am sure there are lots of different reasons for it. well they were replaced by those crossing the border 750k out of 42 mil probably not that big of an impact.. traffic is still really heavy I was just there last weekend in the SF bay area no signs of the state looking like some of the dead cities one finds in the rust belt or deep south.

Similarly to what was said above, if you are looking for a younger audience that is more social media heavy, than it could be an option.

We've seen buildings with heavy rent rolls but nowhere near that amount in cash collected.

The area I was in was a heavy medical and college district.