In times of economic stress, people may not choose to vacation in Las Vegas.

Pretty much instead of you looking for someone to run your STR, it's a company looking for you because your property is in a vacation area, or they realize it has great potential as a STR.

I enjoy networking and talking shop. 

I enjoyed the 3 day workshop and thought it was worthwhile so I joined the $40k program and I have regretted it!

We will have the home as a vacation rental. 

Our aim to is make the investing journey more enjoyable by sharing direct feedback about what’s happening on the ground, actionable investing intel, real estate references, among other things that make investing not seem soo alien, tedious, worrisome, or out of reach.

I listened to the podcast along with my Renatus education and I do think the podcast helped me A LOT but I do enjoy the commissions And that's just another piece of my "puzzle" now.

Jon,PS it appears many of these folks may have enjoyed getting payments for a number of years .

They vacated the property the day before closing, and everything came together smoothly!

Solid 2-4 unit properties are so scarce in these areas (~21 sales in last 12 mo between the 2), the market simply doesn't allow a buyer with a low downpayment to enjoy any "income" out of the gate.