All the major PMS platforms have hundreds of reviews on there and you can get a great sense of what will and won't work for you without having to sit through 5 or 10 sales demos.I discovered both OwnerRez (for our STR) and ThinkReservations (for our hotel) on Capterra.

We have been in touch with a few investor realtors in the Knoxville area, which seems to be largely discovered now.

I am on one property it funded although I was never told that until I discovered it myself recently.

However, recently I have discovered a small cabin about an hour outside of Salt Lake City on roughly 2 acres of land for sale.

RW discovered that most clients shop with a "what are the monthly management fees" approach and not a "what are all of your revenue streams" approach.RW competes with a very competitive flat monthly management fee but then charges a minimum of 1 full month's rent for leasing and a host of other fees. 

Your guests want to know the secrets.

Misinformation stating that the guru dropped out of school, was fired from his job, failed in his business startup, but when he discovered” the “secret” of real estate investing, met with almost instantaneous success7.

He and I have been discussing this since we discovered the idea independently and realized we have a similar goal. 

There are no magic markets or secrets out there.

If you discovered the issue before paying for the appraisal that could hopefully save some costs (in case the appraiser is with the wrong AMC).Pre-vetting with the lender on rental history/AIRbnb/1007 as well as seasoning could help.