They borrow their money at one rate and lend it to you at a slightly higher rate, thereby earning the spread and working on volume.

It seems BP's goal is to create a large volume of great hosts with great community engagement on a variety of different verticals, specifically so they don't have to worry about one person "carrying the torch". 

I would suggest working with someone who is able to profit by doing more volume rather than ripping a massive fee off one deal.

They make it up with volume - 5% to 7% is still a nice return.

It's a volume game...tons of opportunities through the deal funnel and lots and lots of offers. 

That being said, i would only recommend waiving inspection contingencies IF:1) you are very experienced, and have pretty much priced in all risk in your offer2) you are large enough to accept the risk, meaning you either have sufficient capital to take the loss if something comes up, or you do enough volume that one bad deal will wash out. 

As an agent doubled volume and closings from last year.

Cool for me to be able to get a taste of everything, however it also means the volume of information I am trying to absorb is larger.

You might very well win your day in court, but how much would your volume and production have dropped off while dealing with that?

I have two multifamily properties in Fayetteville, a 24 unit and a 52 unit. smaller multis (2-4) ar ok in town, but they didn't make them for very long and don't make new ones so inventory of them is low and the volume discount isn't very high so you don't get too much inherent benefit from the asset class.