Side-skirting booking engines from the big players like Travelclick and Synxis would be a huge money saver.  

That way you learn some of the players and systems. 

Obviously I have little information to go on but my gut suspects they are game players and they think once they are in the house they will be able to leverage the problems and live there free for a long time.

If your not a big player.

If you trade on emotion, then you are simply going to the casino, nothing more. 

They will know the players (sponsors, lenders, investors) who are active in your type of deal. 

I believe there was another thread on this topic floating around were some local smaller player companies were mentioned.

Private money lender will give the same terms on either property, so financing is not a player. 

Also referred to as non qualified mortgages or "Non-QM", they are a burgeoning industry (has been for the last several years) and lately, since the loans that were originated (and sold) have performed well on the secondary market as mortgage backed securities, more players are entering this arena.We close loans with Finance of America.

I have some friends who are also very interested in investing here too, and they are counting on me to build a team, or find some key players with boots on the ground that we would be able to work with.