Once you are very established and have a large marketing budget go ahead and try it.

Try establishing a relationship/rapport first, determine motivation, and try to find a win/win deal based off what you uncover.  

Find some thing, and establish a firm causal relationship between that thing and the phenomenon of paying more money for a crappier product suddenly being a widespread practice.

The organization is obviously pro short term rentals, but they are committed to establishing "a reasonable framework for regulating short-term rental activity so that all may benefit."

If I were to establish a REIT, does that fall under FINRA, SEC, or other regulation?

Yelp and other online review sites for local establishments might be able to help find good schools in your area.Seems like most real estate classes are mostly for prepping a student for the licensing exam, is there other schooling that would help, such as a BA?

I’m hoping this will change my life as so many others have had happen to them (knowing full well the amount of time, energy and sacrifice that goes into getting established also).Now that I’m done venting, I would like to hear from others who may have had similar stories.  

Consult the NABPOP website and study the criteria that most banks use to establish accurate BPOs.  

(Fair disclaimer, we are a distributor for CWP, Wood Harbor, Wellborn, and Wolf cabinets)The advantage to a big, established player (like any of the above) come to things like -* Quality of finish (Paint in a controlled shop is way different than paint at some guy's uncontrolled shop)* Warranty* Quality control of doors and boxes* Quality of construction* Service and Logistics* Quality of hardwareWhen you're talking about local manufacturers, they're oftentimes not building in an environmentally controlled environment.

It's important to establish good relations with your lender as you continue to invest.