I mean I do understand if there is negligence or something like a a malfunctioning boiler which pushed temps to 120 degrees, but many places have no AC.

Time was a factor as the bank was set to take the property back and we had pushed the closing back one day before it became REO.

I contend the more people push for direct bookings the harder for AirDNA to account for it and as said above they have no way to account for uniqueness (location, amenities, build).

My last interaction with an agent was he was supposed to call us Monday at 10:00 a.m. about a property that was in the half million dollar range so a nice tidy sum for basically going and opening a door. 

Some will be more active, and some will be passive, but at this point, I would push forward with directly connecting with investors who have nothing to sell and are not collecting referral fees.  

Nobody really pushes the strategy of buying single family homes and paying them off (besides Chad Carson and a few others who are awesome), but 2-5 paid off single family homes are probably pretty life changing. 

Monthly social hours with hors d'voures, community BBQ, pool party/cookout, monthly car wash, monthly giveway's (gift cards, dinner with management, etc. for a small group (2 to 5...and post pics on your website) who provide feedback on what areas management can improve, etc.

A fair version of theroommate ordinance could be designed that protected the housingprovider as well as giving flexibility to the tenant to bring inlegitimate and responsible roommates.Theeviction protections that Sawant pushed forward when on the councilare insane.

I agree with you on reduced seller commission burden - becuase it's pushing it onto the buyers (and reducing the amount I have to put towards the purchase price of a home.)

Given how many gurus are marketing and pushing consumers to get into Airbnb arbitrage it has created a massive amount of saturation across many markets.