Wouldn't that enable them to do the deal without me?

That is my plan, but although they know our current net worth, I don't let my kids plan on this - I tell them my plan is to extract value from every dollar of our net worth, party to death and die with exactly zero net worth!

Doing so afew times will enable you to see what needs to be done and what it costs from those bids.

I think those phones need to have the Bluetooth feature enabled for them, however,  to receive your message.

This will enable you to increase your savings rate and allow you to focus on putting that excess in markets with both growth and cash flow where the numbers do make sense. 

The other scenario you may want to think about is a shorter term rental strategy (Air B&B) or renting mid term to hospital workers/professionals for several months at a time - that may be more lucrative on the income side and enable cash flow, but then again you have the ebbs and flows of how often you can rent it out.

But this face-to-face interaction enables me to detect if the individual is full of #$%t!.

It enables you to get last minute bookings for a couple looking to get away.

If an investor is new the financing could take 6 to 7 months in some cases.I have had some companies tell me they would sell off market but wanted 4.5 caps and full value was extracted.

It is easier to work with their marketing and operation standards.You should also be talking to large hotel management companies; which will facilitate your ownership of larger properties, with their proven expertise offered to you, to enable the better hotel franchise companies to give you the higher-end franchise.