My initial research has been outside OKC, Killeen, TX, and maybe Ohio.

It has a higher initial cost (2~3k) but less maintenance over time with a longer warranty.

One friend of mine house hacked a duplex in Pittsburgh, initially making just $75/month after expenses.

I would still use quickbooks to track the finances in that account snd all rental associated finances (we use it to track are personal finances also). by the way it is worth the cost of paying someone good with quickbooks to do the initial setup.  

Oftentimes my initial consultation call with a potential client runs 1 hr and that still doesn't give me enough time to cover everything about the STR market on O'ahu.  1.  

Multiple properties listed on the website portfolio appeared to be ones they would possibly not have initiated the LOI/PSA/sale as the properties are known to be bought/run/sold by other entities/syndicators.

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

So the initial appraisal for the refinance was good at the time, but now the As-Is is not gaining traction with buyers.

(120k total)2nd house we are making a profit of 120k but this  "profit" would literally pay us back for our initial investments into our LLC together we used on the first house ...anyone have any idea how the gov.

Yes that’s what I was initially thinking… then I started to structure the deal in my head and it looked a lot more like what you described with a partnership.