However, recent analysis of nationwide Airbnb rental data that my team did shows that overall the Airbnb market is already in a recovery mode.

@Larry Burr I would love to see the Atlas model is you are willing to share.

@Brett TvengeHi Brett, appreciation can be huge, but the reason why some folks don’t include it in their business model is two fold: 1) it is very hard to predict when it will end or reverse.

@Whitney Bowling absolutely, our business model is strictly to invest here in Phoenix.

The traditional brokerage model is a low margin business.

@ paigeThank you for the suggestion; i am kinda in a confuse mode, if i should go for it or not, it will be a brand new house and for me it is a long term commitment.

I would spend my time and effort doing what I teach others to do which is using that money to invest and make average returns of 100% plus by buying under market properties, using the BRRRR method sucking out as much money as possible, and then selling the properties using the lease option model. I

That said, it doesn’t appear that any of them are in pullback mode right now, not in my market of Phoenix anyway!

If they could take the new model and add some of the offline old school and now they are entering the iBuyer mode it would be the trifecta that agents and consumers are looking for. 

Though it sounds like a tempting model, I think the unknowns and the negatives outweigh the positives.