I started off with Vrbo and Airbnb seems clunky to me.For example it is simple to set your minimum days on Vrbo and this is even displayed on the calendar.

@Julio CorderoYou need to get with a CPA and cross border tax consultant as part of your team of advisors.

If I understand you correctly, you are advising a sort of modified brrrr strategy - modified since these houses are owned already but strategically pulling out a conservative amount of debt.The houses are mostly C class but some border on B-.

@Eric P.We let our guests know that we accept direct bookings in several ways: post-stay text and email follow-up, post cards and business cards displayed in all our properties, giving each property a unique name and promoting it on social media and elsewhere so guests can do a quick Google search on our property name and we appear everywhere.Increasingly, we are seeing even some first-time guests seeing our property name on the big listing sites, then finding us with a Google search and booking directly on their first stay.

It's a border line scam IMO, but I as relatively new so it would be good to hear the other side of the argument. 

Market AnalysisZip code:Crime data (www.crimereports.com/) Gross assessment:Invisible borders?

Over the course of the ensuing six months, I work through the very challenging short sale process,  massive amounts of paperwork and the engagement of attorneys, banks, negotiators, etc...During this entire time, this incredibly dishonest and deceitful buyer is limping along through the process, making counteroffers at the very last moment, ghosting for long periods of time and generally displaying a total lack of understanding any part of the transaction. 

ya not comparable.. central valley and Sac are 60 miles from SF bay area.. this is more like Walnut creek Moraga concord Orinda.. these cities all BORDER Portland..

If you have truly good deals, they shouldn't bee too hard to sell in this market.My friends and I have been buying near the western border of Euclid and are open to deals in the Euclid.

You should start by reading this article I wrote: How Canadian Can Investors Participate in US Real Estate SyndicationsAs a multifamily syndicator with Canadian investors on both coasts (and a few provinces in between), your first step needs to be getting in touch with a cross-border CPA.