Most of them literally can’t take a dump or eat a meal without their phones, and I don’t see phones going away in the near future.

You'll charge each of your properties a management fee and actually transfer money into the separate corporate business account.From the S-Corp, you'll pay out general business expenses such as telephones, internet, office supplies, meals, etc. 

I was able to carefully choose my stays using the profiles and was able to meet and spend time with a priceless variety of people: people with cats, people with awkward teenagers or adorable tantrum-throwing urchins, people who lived in semi-restored historic ruins, bohemian weirdos with artsy communal lifestyles, widowed intellectuals with priceless antiques and hours to spare patiently correcting my grammar, people who forced me to eat and drink meals worth 3x what I was paying them, all of whom didn't speak (or agreed not to speak) a lick of Anglais. 

@Kevin Carbonhas a group of actual BP members that get together of a meal and drinks, share advice, stories and even strike up partnerships for deals.

@Gary EnnisI stepped backwards into my first VR and therefore it was extremely piece meal (read CRAIGSLIST). 

Guarantees them free accommodation & 3 meals a day ????

Some people start by finding a contractor, others an architect, and some prefer to piece-meal and run the process on their own, it's really all a comfort thing on your end.

San Diego's market is much healthier in the sense that there are less distressed properties per capita.

We do enjoy eating out, but as another former professor once asked at a meeting for real estate investors, what do you have the next day after an expensive meal?

The good news, according to this report, is that home prices are healthier now than at any other point in the real estate recovery.