I'm definitely still looking at it, but one concern is the population growth, it seems to be decreasing slightly? 

A global trade war is seen as the biggest observable risk for 2025, followed by a tech stock plunge and concerns over inflation and bond yields14.

They are more concerned about protecting the hotels. 

But i heard that there's scammers who prey on new listing discounts to try to take advantage of new hosts.. is this something I should be concerned about?

I have financed a number of STR properties and they will usually be appraised as a pure real estate as vacant value and a cash flow adjusted commercial value, sometime separated as going concern and real property.  

Some will increase to market rates at every opportunity without being concerned about turnover.

Hi Jessica, have you called his office to voice your concerns?

Im sorry, while your concerns are generalized,  you are obviously not an Investor with BAM Capital or know their Company culture to post your concerns here regarding BAM Capital.I am in FUND III & FUND IV with well over 1 million invested over both funds.

The money for the mortgage most often comes from a hedge fund type of investor or the Government, the Servicers concern is, is the loan preforming, is there insurance on the property and if the guy on the mortgage not creating any issues?

I have some lined up but will need more so I appreciate all the feedback/concerns as I start to shop it around.