And that my friend, is why my 1.2M is legit sitting still lol Dont want to make the wrong decision! 

DSCR loans are going to be your best friend in this case. 

No reason not to use a top platform.Regarding the friends thing, that is dirty pool IMHO.

The site hasn't changed, literally not at all.The people, my friends here, people I know, help change the perspective by doing what they have done for years, just posting and responding with words of wisdom and a 20,000 foot view.

I have a close friend who constantly drives up to the white mountains so can definitely understand the draw.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: Sorry about your frustrating issue - Airbnb is not only guest friendly but most of the time they will be the one paying for damage so they are going to try to minimize you. 

Investing in AZ, NV, ID, where you have family or friends that is a day away and you can start to build a network and team to help manage a property.  

I don't want the opportunity to pass so I'm reaching out to family and friends who would potentially want to invest too.

I'll never stop investing in rentals though and providing properties for my investor friends.

Even though I'm a big guy I bring a second person (my wife or friend) with me to talk to my tenants when I'm going to have a hard conversation.