There is concern around market volatility, but cash flowing assets are the safest play in town right now. 

A slightly less volatile approach, depending on the state the property is in, would be to do a JV (joint venture).

You need to invest it today in something with a fair amount of liquidity and relative low volatility to keep it earning for you, until you have enough to buy the next property.

Did Airbnb turn out to be cash flowable every month or volatile?  

With the amount of volatility we are experiencing, this could help determine if certain areas have become over valued and are in a bubble at risk of bursting.

For separate entranced furnished units we are trying to make things safe for housekeeping in a volatile legal climate.

At some point a bank will get on board, but the industry is so new and volatile that I don't expect it any time soon.

Personally, I would happily have a team who knows their market, has contractors and property managers and banking relationships well-established, do the work for me, because I'm able to earn returns passively (with a lot less volatility than the stock market). 

It’s a C-Class Multi-Tenant Building located in a low population city, which makes me concerned about volatility.

I seen some articles in national publications on the housing issues in CB, it seems like its a volatile market over there to enter the STR market.