I personally think that a win for someone close to us, especially our children should be considered a win for ourselves.What’s your thoughts?

However, it seems my local area (San Jose / Bay Area) might not be the best as I know most of the win is in the buy.

Let's win together. 

Example, you probably think winning a bidding war or getting a property 5% under "market value" is a great deal.

Thus a win for them would be to void that term, right? 

Personally, we saw some great deals, but there were others with different modeling that we have that had us winning very, very few bids.

I don’t know of any other opportunity where you can net $10-20K (in some cases even higher) per month on a single residential property.There’s usually plenty of room to bring investors in and everyone involved still win, even in todays higher interest rate environment.Financially, residential assisted living is usually a more cost effective option for families than alternatives.

Reason, if the individual is willing to give me top dollar rent and thinks he can still make a profit, then it's a win/win.

Also Airbnb does prioritize things like looser cancellation policies, instant book, in line with market cleaning fees, etc.

And rinse and repeat.I stop focusing on instant gratification and focus on delayed gratification.