My bank connection breaks multiple times a year, and we are going on 2 months with no offered solution from Stessa other than they are working on it. 

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You can 1031 exchange it into multiple rental properties that will be positive cash flowing in a high appreciation real estate market.

.- multiple indoor common areas (think 2 separate tv setups). - exterior "usable square footage" (think covered patio, pergolas).- extra storage space so tenants don't feel the need to squeeze their entire lives into one room (extra garage space, attic, detached shed)- room for 2 full refrigerators!

@Chris Ke With $200K for a down payment and the ability to invest full-time, consider starting with a 4-plex or multiple single-family homes (SFHs) within a 5-hour drive of Los Angeles in areas like San Bernardino or Riverside.

I invested in Jacksonville, FL, because my old job would fly me there multiple times yearly.

Quote from @Tod DuBois: Hostaway appears to integrate with the multiple channels - but I hate to do a software setup and learn it's not a good place to do what I need to get done (which is work as little as possible and optimize my occupancy).

We have tried multiple local collection agencies, and we have not received a penny for over a hundred thousand dollars of bad debt submitted to them.We keep hearing, "It takes time" but it's been well over a year with the most recent one.

I've experienced swings where its 50% less cashflow than the prior month due to a month of multiple apartment turns all hitting at once versus a stabilized month. 

There are more complicated strategies to maximize larger listings that involve having like multiple listings for same property and do individual room rentals when it is slower and then for larger length stays, larger groups, and more desirable dates you'd book the whole space, but I think its easier to just do two separate.