Arguing with them will not get you anything but a bad review unfortunately.

Depends on what your goals are.I would argue house hacking in more expensive markets is a genius move.

Mid-Term Rentals are generally the same concerns as STR, but you could argue less potential vacancy and if the property is subject to rent control, it is a potential legal workaround. 

My wife always tells me what looks good and I'm smart enough not to argue.

It is what it is and it's tough to argue against that.

Different risk profile, you can argue which one is better/worse but at the end of the day you are sitting at home with a liquid asset (and lower transaction costs) instead of the headaches and energy required to renovate and manage a property. 

Just be ready to arm-wrestle with lazy & incompetent agents that will argue with you about your document & approval requirements.Hire a PMC:Several will do just a placement, which because they are used to properly screening tenants they will have to manage, you will benefit from.Have you fully thought this through?

Depending on the class of STR you run (yes I argue there are classes just like LTRs) Airdna might just give you what your worst year will look like.

Well if you are buying at an 8% going in today, I could argue that compressing it over 5 yrs (again depending on asset and market) to 7% is still a realistic expectation, especially if your sensitivity shows you can still make an okay return if cap rates do continue to expand.b) you need to be more patient.  

Unfortunately you're too stupid to get it and I'm too old to waste any more time arguing with the intentionally misinformed.