The place smells bad and there is barely any space to walk.

DSCR ratio barely above 1. 

As things stand those who sent them money might get back the bare minimum return if the asset sells one day.

Apparently his books and courses barely broke even for the first few years.   

Also the DSCR ratio at 7% cap rate is barely above 1.

If the ADU actually costs you $500K, it's barely worth it in terms of cashflow.

I was barely covering expenses and many months lost $100-$200.

They simply manage the bare minimum requirements of the transaction.

Since you are just graduating college you may already realize that it's not what you know, but who you know (as a personal note, I had college friends that were barely passing their classes however they ended up with really good paying jobs due to "who they knew").

Its a strategy that barely even worked few years ago but currently airbnb rents are DOWN across the board and LTR rents are UP, the trend changed last year due to so much airbnb supply it dropped the rates and airbnb also got stricter with cancellation fees as well as giving guest refunds more often.