How often are remittances, where does one remit, etc?

I’d get that one locked.  

While I have none in this market I have been on one realtors monthly newsletter with market analysis for over 8 years. 

It has been though historically one of the most stable markets in the country, with very predictable patterns.

if they are pressuring you like this.PLEASE watch the American Greed Episode on Remmington Financial  .not saying these guys wont or don't fund of course.. but when I do my deals with my banks its common that I pay for the phase one and the appraiser directly..  

AirBnB is one of many STR OTAs.   

I think one important note that I omitted from my original post was some background info.

Already plenty of good advice above, but there's one piece that is missing. 

Try not to get overwhelmed as there’s a lot of information on BP and many avenues within real estate investing.When I was starting out, I was interested in so many strategies, but I discovered that I did my best when I focused on one or two and really built my knowledge around them.

Maybe one the contributors on BP will see your message and start something like that.