I did, put them out of business or they changed their rental strategy to not compete with STRs. 

The criteria you mentioned is pretty much the same criteria as everyone else and so you are competing with who knows how many other people contacting these same people.

Ask them who are the "players" in your market - who are the rehabbers, and landlords who are buying a lot of houses.

I do find it kind of hilarious that Marriott is positioning itself as competing with AirBNB, since IMO all Marriott is doing now is offering stand-alone hotel rooms (which will undoubtedly be priced accordingly), while AirBNB/VRBO are still focused on the individual owner-operator.  

I am an industrial broker with a large shop and we are seeing increasing barriers to entry especially in in-fill locations with little to no vacancy, however development opportunities by big players such as Opus and Duke being created due to a need for distribution hubs and the e-commerce effect.

I have been thinking about STR's and buying more rentals in general but now with that kind of giant buying up condos/SFH/multi's what impact do you think this will have on the rental industry in general (and housing for that matter) and STR- hard for most investors/buyers to compete with something like a hotel chain behemoth when it comes to purchasing power and could drive prices crazy in desirable areas, not to mention the points and perks they can offer for staying on their properties?

When there is more competition in a market, investors compete and are willing to accept less of a return to buy a particular property and thus drive up values.

@Gil GanzExactlyAlso document is titled as a NCND which stands for non compete non disclosure which is different than a non disclosure BUT this agreement was really a consultant contract because the stipulated terms and conditions of fees.No competes mean that if you use the broker basically you cannot go direct with the seller even if they are truly not direct.

Have your returns amended by a competent tax professional.

In my experience, real estate is truly a team sport and you succeed by surrounding yourself with the best players.